The most exciting Vietnam news is that our arms embargo against them has been lifted. Free at last, free at last, great God almighty they're free at last to buy drones from General Atomics, jet fighters from Lockheed Martin, and land mines: lots and lots of land mines to make up for all the ones that have blown the feet off rice farmers since 30 April 1975.
The only thing better would be if Dr Kissinger paid them a visit.
According to a press release from CNN, scenes from the momentous dinner will appear on an upcoming episode of Parts Unknown to air during the show's eighth season in September.
Oh, and don't forget the littoral patrol/combat ships and the long range ASW aircraft so's they can counter the Chinese expansion in the South China Sea. For freedom of the seas, or whatever.
We've come a long way from the aerial mining of Haiphong harbor days,. eh?
The most exciting Vietnam news is that our arms embargo against them has been lifted. Free at last, free at last, great God almighty they're free at last to buy drones from General Atomics, jet fighters from Lockheed Martin, and land mines: lots and lots of land mines to make up for all the ones that have blown the feet off rice farmers since 30 April 1975.
The only thing better would be if Dr Kissinger paid them a visit.
According to a press release from CNN, scenes from the momentous dinner will appear on an upcoming episode of Parts Unknown to air during the show's eighth season in September.
Oh, I have got to see this.
Oh, and don't forget the littoral patrol/combat ships and the long range ASW aircraft so's they can counter the Chinese expansion in the South China Sea. For freedom of the seas, or whatever.
We've come a long way from the aerial mining of Haiphong harbor days,. eh?
I'll miss Obama too, but I'm looking forward to seeing what his future foundation does.
It's an American jobs creation program for Americans!
And if they get out of hand, we can step in and swing our big American dick in both directions, with even more of our own arms!
Just like our "foreign aid" to Israel ($3B/year) and Egypt ($2.8B/year), in the form of gift cards redeemable only at US arms manufacturers.