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Re: Filipino WWII Vets Feel Denied (Score: 1)
by ibegtodiffer on Saturday, June 07 @ 19:26:42 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | "As much as I sympathize with all of them, I feel that it is really the responsibility of the Filipino government to compensate its veterans living in the Philippines for defending their country. "
Come on now, the US taxpayer has endless funds to help them out. We gave 15 Billion to Africa for Aids didn't we. That's what I love about this country, we're so damn compassionate.
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Re: Filipino WWII Vets Feel Denied (Score: 1)
by unknownindividuaL on Saturday, June 07 @ 20:19:32 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | I know that some of you who are familiar with the Hmong will know this already, but for those who don't, please read this. The Hmong are a minority group who live in Laos--they are originally from China. In relation to this article, thousands of Hmong American vets actually fought alongside the American soldiers in Laos (the Ho Chi Minh Trail ran through Laos) during the Vietnam War. They were trained by the American CIA. After the Americans pulled out, a lot of Hmong families faced persecution in the hands of the Laotian Communists bc basically they were basically traitors of their own government. They had no choice but to come to America or face persecution. Many families suffered as they escaped Laos to reach Thailand. They walked for months in the jungle quietly, some on barefeet. Some had to give their babies opium to stop them from crying in fear of being caught by the Laotian communists. Babies who would not stop crying were left behind. Once they got to the Mekong River which separates Laos and Thailand, some were taken advantage of by the Thai fishermen. They had to give the fishermen money and jewelry to get across the river to Thailand. Some people drowned trying to cross over. Many lived in Thai refugee camps for months or even years..there was not much to eat and people died of malnutrition. How do I know? Because my parents lived in a Thai refugee camp for a year before they came to the United States.
Anyways, my point is that a lot of Hmong Vets don't want American vet benefits but they want more recognition for their part in the Vietnam War bc many of them died and suffer along with the Americans too. Some also now want American veteran funerals but they are being denied that which is understandable in my opinion. If they were to get American veteran funerals, this would create a lot of anger amongst other vets who may have never even heard of the word Hmong in their life. |
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Re: Filipino WWII Vets Feel Denied (Score: 1)
by Wild7 on Sunday, June 08 @ 04:54:20 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | Kind of different scenario there. Filipinos at the time were fighting for the US Territory of the Philippines, not their own independent nation as the Koreans were at the time of the Korean War.
I believe there should have been some compensation agreement for the veterans when the Philippines gained its independence after WWII, but given the unequal baragaining power at the time, that was an impossibility. |
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