[Vnbiz] a few McCain achievements for Vietnam
Hong-Phong_Pho at ita.doc.gov
Hong-Phong_Pho at ita.doc.gov
Wed Feb 27 12:42:05 PST 2008
Chi. Huong's assessment makes the most sense.
If Senator McCain is true to his words, and he usually is, he will not be
influenced by special interests. Vietnam is a special interest.
Senator McCain, along with Senator Kerry, were the two most influential
and positive figures supporting normalization of diplomatic and economic
relations with Vietnam. They provided the necessary political umbrella on
Capitol Hill for successive administrations to move forward. There is no
indications that he would be a more positive influence on U.S.-Vietnam
policy in the White House than he is in the Senate. From Vietnam's view,
moving him from on branch to another may well be a wash; no net gain.
Also, his reaction to Cuba is puzzling given his past position on
normalization with Vietnam.
One of the great benefits of the American system is the ability of
changing leadership every 4 to 8 years. It truly does refresh the system
and get rid of negativities which are cumulative, adds new
bloods/energies, and allows for beneficial course corrections. Americans
are by nature hopeful and optimistic that change will bring a better
future.
Best, HPP
huong luong <huongluongdc at yahoo.com>
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Hi all,
My two cents are Americans will choose a president for themselves first
and foremost. A leader should be elected base on his talent, capability,
competence and intergrity....not his favorable issues/countries/people.
That will be unfair for those countries McCain has no
relationship/experience. That will make him not a balanced world leader.
If we (vietnamese) support McCain just b/c he supports VN..it sounds a
little bit selfish of us. I hope Americans will be smarter in choosing a
more competent prez this time to run the country. And remember, US govt
is a system with checks and balance.. the president alone can't get
policies implemented without its congress..No doubt McCAin is a friend to
Vietnam, but I am not sure if he can do more good things for US-VN
relations if the Congress is against him.
I have watched most political debates here in US. both McCain and Obama
have their pros and cons in their ideology. In my opinion, McCain appears
to be a realist leader. That means he wants U.S influence/presence around
the world in every region in the long run. That's why he mentioned that he
is willing to have US troops in Iraq for 100 years as they have been in
other countries. With this mentality, he is not going to favor VN over
China - another world superpower/rival, an an important voice on
international arena. the U.S will continue competing with China, but it
also needs China cooperation in many other international issues.
Therefore, VN never be closed to be competitive with China from
international perspective. I don;t mean to put down VN, but we should be
realistic here. I am proud of being a Vietnamese,and all accomplisment VN
has achieved in the past decade...and our leaders will be people who
understand better than any of us about VN's position vs. China in both
bilateral and multilateral relations.
I don't see any of presidential candidates really oustanding than one
another. each of them has their own strength and weakness. If I could
vote, I would choose a person who can unite the Congress to have his good
policy promisses done and pose less danger to the world.
Peace,
H
pthang at comcast.net wrote:
[ Vietnam Business Forum ]
I admit I don't know everything. But I have read and certainly could find
past articles to show these facts:
1. McCain worked hard to normalize relationship with Vietnam while many of
his colleagues opposed.
2. McCain defended the importation of catfish for Vietnam . Vietnam has to
go extra step to change the name catfish to basa . The amount of
importation is not that big because Vietnam is not big country like China
.
Any way, vietnamese in VN appreciated his effort .
McCain knows Vietnam more than anybody else, understand its need for
independence, its defense and its quest for peace and economic prosperity
.
That is something I know for sure. I also would like to know ANYBODY ELSE
has done more than McCain for Vietnam.
Cheers,
Thang pham
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From: pthang at comcast.net
> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
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From: pthang at comcast.net
To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net
Subject: Re: [Vnbiz] Obama
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:56:45 +0000
Brothers and sisters
I have watched John Kerry and the Kennedy families trying to promote
Obama.
The only thing I got is Obama was against the war in Iraq. Imagine Al
queada just slammed two airplanes
into the twin buildings and killed 3000 peoples in a single day . At that
time, he was not well known and his signature gets lost among many others
in the vote to invade Iraq .
Now he comes out and claims a JACKPOT of opposing the invasion of Iraq.
Anh Hoanh and I , myself opposed the invasion from the beginning. We
should come out and claim the Jackpot too.
Anyway, it is obvious now that Obama will win the democratic nomination
now. As a vietnamese, we all knew McCain has been always the champion and
has worked his heart out to bring peace and prosperity to Vietnam even
after he has been tortured by the North Vietnamese for 5 years .
I am sure McCain will favor trade with Vietnam over China because he
understands the strategic and economic position in Asia to help Vietnam to
maintain peace and prosperity . Bush 's father did not make the mistake in
Iraq as his son did due arrogance. It all boils down to experiences
learned by the hard way . Based on FACTS, my democrat VOTE will go to
McCain regardless of Clinton or Obama.
Thang Pham
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From: "AD Marshall"
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From: "AD Marshall" <admarshall at gmail.com>
To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net
Subject: Re: [Vnbiz] Obama
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:22:33 +0000
Dear Jackie,
I'm still working on a bit of a 6-month news-coverage summary of Obama, as
time permits, under the now somewhat popular premise that the more people
get to know Obama the more they like him.
But apropos your comment "that pollsters/pundits were wrong about
Asians/Viet Americans being some sort of a monolithic Pro-Hillary 'bloc
vote'", here's one fairly active site i found:
http://www.asianamericansforobama.com/
Here's a Google search URL folks can use to find info about Vietnam or
Vietnamese on that site:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aasianamericansforobama.com+vietnam+OR+vietnamese
L8r,
AD
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Jackie Nelson <ephemeropterae at gmail.com>
wrote:
[ Vietnam Business Forum ]
Dear all,
Thanks for much thoughtful discussion regarding our next US President.
I realize this list is Viet Nam-business-centric, but nevertheless,
pleased to hear a variety of opinions regarding who the next USA Prez will
be.
Especially enjoy hearing that pollsters/pundits were wrong about
Asians/Viet Americans being some sort of a monolithic Pro-Hillary 'bloc
vote'.
We are a diverse group and never short of opinions :-)
Hope to hear more of your opinions (overseas, ex-pats, and non AMericans
too!) and experiences in the year to come.
Jackie (N. Carolina, USA)
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