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by kss238 3016 days ago
The comment was about mines left behind from the Vietnam war, not present day.
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Actually the comment was about present-day 'the US'.
Present-day US should care, and they should do something about it. The mines they layed 50 years ago still kill people today.
I can't claim to be directly responsible for the actions of my countrymen fifty years ago, but not doing anything about their misdeeds today gives my tacit approval to those past actions and to their ongoing costs so unfairly burdening present-day Vietnamese. Plus, I think it would be a nice bit of diplomacy for the U.S. to fund mine clearing efforts in Vietnam.