Read: Following Ho Chi Minh; Memoirs of a North Vietnamese Colonel by Bui Tin.
This book tells the truth about the Transformation of North Vietnam to Communism including the mass executions and the consequences of General Giap's failure to win the TET Offensive.
If you not read the Book, you can not debate the issue. Don't bother responding until you do.
You have a problem with being to look at the man. Giap had no prior military training, and went to defeat the French and the Americans. Giap made life hell for the Japanese.
Giap was just as much a Patriot to his country (Viet Nam) as any American who fought in WWII or in Viet Nam.
The "
American War" as it is called in Viet Nam was a continuation of the "
French War".
You also choose to ignore the fact that Ho and Giap were Communists by convience. The U.S. refused to suppport Ho after WWII (Ho was an operative for the O.S.S. by the way).
The War in Viet Nam was a war of Unifaction. If Ho could unified Viet Nam with U.S. assistance he would have. The U.S. refused to assistance.
You need to past the end of you nose and appreciate the fact that as a General, Giap did the near impossible. It is a shame you cannot do that.
