Talk:Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu

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What was her real name? This article should be located there. --Jiang 00:01, 23 Dec 2003 (UTC)

In that case, its "Le Xuan". WhisperToMe 00:05, 23 Dec 2003 (UTC)

It should be located at whatever she is most commonly known by amongst English speakers, not at what is most accurate. - Vague | Rant 01:56, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 I don't get it... Did'nt she like catholics? 2 The Jackie O Kennedy quote 3 the clapping hands at burning monks 4 WP Biography Rating

[edit] I don't get it... Did'nt she like catholics?

Madame Nhu was in Beverly Hills, California at the time since October, with her daughter, Le Thuy, for a trip to the United States and Italy, where she intended to expose a scheming President John F. Kennedy and the Catholics to the American public.

What does this sentence mean? "Expose JFK and the Catholics"? Wouldn't she be supportive of JFK (who has a Catholic) and the US Catholic population? And what does the sentence "Whoever has the Catholics as allies does not need enemies", mean? Again, wouldn't she be supportive of all Catholics, since she was one herself? --Konstantin 14:53, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

I think that it is a misquote, that it is "the kennedy administration" or "america" as allies does not need enemies. Additionally, whoever wrote this article largely plagarized it from an article called "they called her the 'diem lady': some aspects of the political life and times of madame ngo dinh nhu of the republic of vietnam" by ceferina gayo hess. i dont knwo how to flag this on wikipedia can someone else do it for me? Additionally her trip was not to expose catholics but to expose the kennedy administration, she was claming they were planning a coup for her husband and brother in law (i dont have a user name - delucaa5 at msu dot edu 10:32 pm november 1 2005

[edit] The Jackie O Kennedy quote

is that true?!? O_O

Well, do keep in mind that this is Wikipedia we are talking about. Might well be someone inserting his fantasies as facts.. Or not. Your guess is as good as mine.

We need better referenes for the quotations, such as "“clap hands at seeing another monk barbecue show." It seems to check out on Google, but barely. GChriss 15:57, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the clapping hands at burning monks

part is true at least. I watched a video clip on a site about madame nhu (from google) which coroborated it. By that I mean I heard basically the same thing come from her mouth in the clip :P The jackie O Kennedy quote on the other hand..

[edit] WP Biography Rating

Due to a backlog it is no longer possible to give comment on ratings. Please put any comments/questions on my talk page. GDon4t0 20:27, 4 March 2007 (UTC)