A lot of Westerners are going to read this and say:
"But I thought Vietnam upgraded ties with the U.S.?
I thought you were partners now?"
That is the point.
For you, a signature on paper is the reality.
For us, history is the reality.
You see a "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership."
Vietnamese generals see:
Agent Orange that is still in our soil.
Bombs that are still in our mountains.
A Pentagon that never admitted defeat, only "withdrew."
A State Department that lectures about "democracy" in every country it once napalmed.
So when the Ministry of National Defence writes a document called "The 2nd U.S. Invasion Plan," that is not paranoia.
That is memory doing its job.
The same U.S. that strangled Cuba and Venezuela.
That starved Iraq.
That dismembered Yugoslavia.
That turned Libya into an open-air slave market.
Now it tells Vietnam:
"Trust us.
Join our front against China.
We only want partners."
Our answer is very simple:
We will trade with you.
We will talk with you.
We will smile in the photos.
But we will never forget that you are the only country that has already invaded us from 8,000 miles away and dropped chemicals on our children.
From the outside, Western analysts call this "dual track policy."
For us, it is basic survival:
Cooperate where we must.
Prepare for the day you decide that our independence is "a threat."
The threat assessment is not just about Vietnam.
We watch what the U.S. does to Venezuela and Cuba because we know the pattern:
First sanctions.
Then NGOs.
Then media campaigns.
Then "color revolution."
If that fails, "coalition of the willing."
So yes, let me make it clear:
Vietnam does not see the U.S. as a "strategic partner" in the Western sense.
Vietnam sees the U.S. as a power that must be managed on the outside and deterred on the inside.
You call that distrust.
We call it learning from the last war.
@trader1sz@elonmusk It will depend on how much money Maye Musk had when they divorced, as she raised all the kids. And Musk come to the US ten years later to attend University, at the age of 18.
Those bots just want to make Patricia look stupid in everything she writes. As Vietnamese, we don't take sides in current geopolitics anymore. We are not your enemy; we're willing to be your friend and trade with you.
We gave up any privilege of being an ally to a big power in exchange for peace, something we hadn't had for so long. If you want to influence us to become a pawn, sorry, we won't buy it, no matter where you come from.
Centuries of being invaded have taught us everything we need to know about you.
There is no need to claim one kind of food is something else. All noodles in our region likely originate from China, but they have evolved into unique dishes adapted to each location, its people, region, and soul. For an eater, it's best to taste and enjoy every kind of noodle out there.
@ASvanevik@levelsio The best phở is found in northern Vietnam, especially in Hanoi. Southern Vietnam has many delicious rice noodle soups (such as hủ tiếu nam vang), but they are not the best phở. If someone tells you otherwise, they haven't tasted the best phở yet.
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Are alts cooked forever?
Cobie said they are in an irreversible trend
I break down why and the new crypto paradigm:
00:00 Market is in shambles
1:12 Cobie's post
3:21 Sophisticated traders vs hodl culture
8:20 Perps trading & it's impact
11:39 Endless tokens, 50million+
13:10 Billions in token unlocks
15:30 Launch FDV's, 'down only' pricing
19:50 Pre-Market price discovery issues
22:40 2017 Mindset vs 2025 Mindset
24:00 The future of alts & asset selection
24:50 Adoption at all time highs
26:25 The new paradigm & my rules
new format, experimenting, love any feedback + any research/thoughts you could :)
@rshereme Lying? They don't give a fuck about you from the start. China has always said they're buying more Russian LNG, and they have a direct pipeline just for that. You can screenshot them too.
@jurgen_nauditt Do you think they care about the EU's opinion? Given how poorly the EU and US have treated them, they will do business with or without you.