IF you look @ it historically i would prefer Pyle. He did kill many yes, every other party was also doing considerable damage. Fowler after said that we "only want enough rice"
I'd have to disagree with you. Look at the outcome of the Vietnam War. We retreated, we conceded. Now they are doing alright. After the end of the Cold War, more and more countries realise they need to welcome this idea of "competition" and "capitalism" and now Vietnam is doing pretty good.
We are retarded because the communism. When America retreated the communist had re education camps, they chased after soldiers who were left behind, they made concentration camps where people had to betray each other for "points" or else they would be beaten up. There were many incidents of fathers betraying sons and vice cersa. You also had to sleep next to dead bodies at night because people just couldn't take it anymore in the concetration camps and died, and you didn't even need to be a soldier to be detained. And they just coem to your house and take whatever they wanted, "thinking for the vietnamese people" my ass. They even sacked some villages taking ALL the food bringing it up north. If you ask any Vietnamese refugee, you will most likely find a strong hatred of communism. Everyone i asked preferred the corruption of America and the french over the Vietminh. They are currently brainwashing thier students( My friends cousin recently came here and denied the fact that "Bac Ho" had like 5000kids, he thought "bac ho" was a virgin). If you don't believe that most of the Vietnamese community hate Communism, try to remember that recent SBS incident.
And whats to say we wouldn't ahve been better off with the Americans? Look at HOng Kong, they did pretty good under british rule.
Back to the text. Fowler was also doing exactly what Pyle was doing. He was killing Pyle to save the many lives that Pyle would have killed. He used violence to further his ideas, jsut like PYle. He beleived he was doing it for the greater good, just like Pyle. Remember that this si war, both sides had blood on thier hands. Pyle however fought in the interest of the Vietname people, people liek Mr Heng only wanted power. A common critique of the novel is we never have any vietnamese people playing a major role. All we have in that book is that slut of bitch, Phuong. When ever Pyle says we want education FOwler just says the people of Indochina only wanted rice. It seems like he was looking down at Indochina people, thinking we all idiots or soemthing. I do agree with Fowler view that textbook ideas such as Pyle won't work in every situation, but i strongly disagree with his assessment of Vietnam.
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