Talk:August Revolution

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"They were also more willing to see the French in Vietnam than the Chinese army" This is an inaccurate statement with no possible proof behind it. Unless somebody has a poll taken at the time, or a scholarly analysis, this statement cannot continue here. There is an overwhelming North American bias in all Vietnam related articles. I want to create a better sense of neutrality but i am afraid it will end up getting me blocked from Wikipedia. How do i go about fixing this one? Kobaincito 05/14/06

"They" in this case is the Viet Minh leadership rather than the entire country. The statement is accurate. Rather than a North American bias, the page tries to bring up issues that neither side would like to see discussed. The old story that the entire Vietnamese nation "rose up" against the Japanese under the leadership of the Viet Minh and were "betrayed" by America who itself handed Vietnam to France was never supported by the historical record. If you want to make changes, you should suggest what those changes would be and what sources you would be using to justify those changes. Your not going to get blocked for suggesting changes. 168.127.0.51 15:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] here comes the proof

Le Président Hô Chi Minh a eu ce mot digne de Henri le Béarnais, Henri IV de France, rapporté par Paul Mus dans "Viêt-Nam. Sociologie d’une guerre", Seuil Paris, 1952, et souvent repris.

[…] Je tiens de bonne source un mot prêté au Président et qui, non sans verdeur, décrit bien et l’opération et l’esprit dans lequel, du côté de la République Démocratique du Viêt Nam, les adversaires les plus résolus de l'ancien système colonial ont pu s’y risquer : "Plutôt flairer un peu la crotte des Français que manger toute notre vie celle des Chinois" (Paul Mus, p. 85, 1952).

That's what I've written in fr: contentieux sino-vietnamien" Go to fr: Paul Mus

Just read the books of Bernard B. Fall. He had quoted this entence of "better sniff the ass of the French for a while than to eat the shit of the Chinese for lifelong".

Takima 01:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)