Was Uncle Ho an Incorrigible
Liar?Ðằng VânPoint of
ViewWeek Ending 13 May
2007Given the recent
prosecutions, convictions and
jailing of political
dissidents such as Attorney
Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong
Nhan, Catholic Father Nguyen
Van Ly, Dr. Le Nguyen Sang,
Journalist Huynh Nguyen Dao
and Attorney Nguyen Bac
Truyen, i
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Was Uncle Ho an Incorrigible
Liar?Ðằng VânPoint of
ViewWeek Ending 13 May
2007Given the recent
prosecutions, convictions and
jailing of political
dissidents such as Attorney
Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong
Nhan, Catholic Father Nguyen
Van Ly, Dr. Le Nguyen Sang,
Journalist Huynh Nguyen Dao
and Attorney Nguyen Bac
Truyen, it was with some
surprise when I read, on
VietnamNet (13 May 2007), an
article by a Dr. Tran Viet
Hoan entitled 'Uncle Ho: his
words accord with his
actions'.The fact that Dr.
Tran Viet Hoan's article is
printed in a prominent
mouthpiece of the government
such as VietnamNet is
indicative of his status
within the ruling Communist
Party of Vietnam (CPV). The
good doctor offered the
following analysis, among
others:'Truth and Reality.
Because Truth is the opposite
of falsehood and lies. Reality
is the opposite of cursoriness
and half-heartedness. This
means bitter pills will cure
sickness; words that shock
your ears are good guidance
for action (Confucius) - This
is the effective weapon
against malicious, deceitful
elements whose words do not
accord with their actions.
They say one thing and do
another. They use words to
hide their sins. They mix
black with white,
righteousness with evil. Just
as Uncle has taught us: There
are those whose mouths always
say service to the Fatherland,
service to the people, but are
seduced by corruption, waste
(and become) harmful to the
Fatherland (and) the
people.'Prior to joining WTO
and the hosting of the APEC
Summit in Hanoi, not only did
the CPV guarantee to the USA
and other world leaders that
there were no political or
religious prisoners in
Vietnam, and it was not CPV
policy to suppress human
rights nor religious freedom.
Indeed so much so that Vietnam
was allowed to join WTO, its
name removed from the infamous
CPC list of the US State
Department and Hanoi proudly
hosted the APEC summit in much
glamour and fanfare.But as
soon as the CPV has reaped the
benefits of its guarantees to
the international community,
it makes a 180 degree turn,
betray its own words and
carried out unprecedented
suppression of religious,
human, and civil rights in
Vietnam.They are the heirs to
the legacy of their Uncle Ho.
They are constitutionally
mandated by article 4 of the
constitution to study and
follow the thoughts of Ho Chi
Minh. They must thus be the
true heirs to his thoughts and
action.Either they are a bunch
of heretics or their venerable
Uncle Ho was an incorrigible
liar. They have studied his
words and actions so hard that
their words and actions
completely mirror
his.According to an article
published May 9, 2007:(Ahearn:
Montagnards up against the
wall, by Lorraine Ahearn,
Staff Writer,
News-Record.com)'Well, it's
now been six months since the
U.S. removed its new trade
partner, Vietnam, from a human
rights blacklist. And guess
what?Human rights under one of
the world's most oppressive
regimes have taken a turn for
the worse, according to relief
workers, members of Congress
and leaders of the Montagnard
exile community in
Greensboro.'The Vietnamese
government lied to the world
in order to join the World
Trade organization,' said
Y-Siu Hlong, executive
director of the 8,000-member
Montagnard-Dega Association
based here.'In reality, they
still put people in jail for
their beliefs; they still
arrest students for using the
Internet.'The ethnic
highlanders have long been a
thorn in the Vietnamese
government's side. They are a
largely Christian racial
minority in an officially
Buddhist country and fought
for the U.S. in the Vietnam
War.'Did Ms. Lorraine Ahearn
say that the CPV lied to the
world in order to join the
WTO? Whose fault is it that
CPV leaders are shameless
liars?What did CPV's own Dr.
Tran Viet Hoan mean when he
used the expression 'they mix
black with white,
righteousness with evil'?
Would mixing article 4 of the
1992 constitution with the
rights and freedoms in
articles 54, 69, 70, 71, 72,
73 and 74 in the same
constitution, while using
article 4 to rob the people of
all their rights and freedom
under the same constitution,
fit his description? It sure
does to me.There is a saying:
Like father like son.In the
case of Ho Chi Minh and CPV
leaders, the saying should
definitely be: like uncle like
nephews.To be able to bring up
such a bunch of shameless
lying and cheating nephews, Ho
Chi Minh must be an
incorrigible liar in his own
time.Ðằng Vân14 May 2007

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