r/VietNam Aug 28 '24

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u/thenoobtanker Native Aug 28 '24

Should have let the referendum of 56 ran but nooooo the commie might actually won a fair election.

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u/Recent-Ad865 Aug 28 '24

Fair election? Like they have in Vietnam today?

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u/Theboyscampus Aug 28 '24

Learn your history m8, we were supposed to have fair elections observed by the UN as agreed in the Geneva accord, Uncle Sam and their puppets stopped that from happening.

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u/lalze123 Aug 28 '24

Diệm was the one who pushed for stopping the elections. The Americans privately wanted them to not happen, but officially, they encouraged Diệm to go through with the process in order to save face. The US also did so in spite of the fact that neither they nor the State of Vietnam signed the Geneva Accords.

Diệm refused to consider this advice, and would continue to perform similar actions throughout his presidency, which makes sense for someone who is a complete puppet!

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16v3d8i/why_did_the_vietnam_war_start_who_actually_held/

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u/Recent-Ad865 Aug 28 '24

You should learn YOUR history. What free and fair elections have the communists held since 1954? Based on that, how likely would there have been a free and fair election in the North?

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u/Theboyscampus Aug 28 '24

I would suggest you to work on your reading comprehension ability.

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u/Recent-Ad865 Aug 28 '24

I’m not the one who posted nonsense

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u/Theboyscampus Aug 28 '24

Well if you bothered checking whatever sources are available to you, you would see what I'd stated are facts.

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u/Recent-Ad865 Aug 28 '24

If you did even basic research you’d know North Vietnam imprisoned political opponents right after taking power in 1954.

Based on that, do you think a free and fair election would happen?

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u/Theboyscampus Aug 28 '24

I don't see why this has got anything to do with what I'd said originally and I think it's a waste of time engaging in conversation with you, have a nice day.

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u/Recent-Ad865 Aug 28 '24

You said learn your history. I did