tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135840517827417463.post5922011588844685174..comments2023-09-24T04:00:59.106-04:00Comments on Notebook Writer: Afghanistan, Vietnam: "same ol', same ol'"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703474389765003524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135840517827417463.post-3931197229113602442009-12-23T18:46:36.053-05:002009-12-23T18:46:36.053-05:00thanks Lisa, appreciate your comment; please do pa...thanks Lisa, appreciate your comment; please do pass it on, let me know what you do, it's published on FB through my Networked Blog<br /><br />yes, we should "get it" by now; people wherever they are just want to be left along, without being controlled by outsiders; my last magazine story in Vietnam was about an old Vietnamese man, once a pilot of freighters, now pilot of the Saigon ferryboat; he cared about his god, work and family; he didn't like the Chinese, French or Americans; he wanted them to go away because rockets kept exploding near his boat; since World War II we've had primarily a militaristic approach to resolve problems in the world; we have a cookie cutter view of the world; sorry, countries and cultures are different; people still want to come to America for freedom and opportunity but we can't create Americas here and there with military force; it doesn't work that way; we need to start setting a good example in things that we're founded on, stuff like justice, equality, freedom and human rights; right we're not setting a good example in anythingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703474389765003524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135840517827417463.post-87194232214707017792009-12-23T09:55:53.224-05:002009-12-23T09:55:53.224-05:00Wow, sobering stuff. THANK YOU! I wanna SHARE this...Wow, sobering stuff. THANK YOU! I wanna SHARE this at Facebook. Thank you for "friending" me.<br />Peace to You & Yours, this Season. :)Lisa Nanette Allenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263158091013515471noreply@blogger.com