During all the decades of the Vietnam Wars, there were Vietnamese who fought for independence and self-determination and those who partnered with the various foreign powers who controlled the country and profited from it.
It was the latter group that fled with us and now make up the range of American Vietnamese, from doctors and scientists to merchants to gang members.
The first group are still seeking to realize the old goals.
It has never been easy to know if there is a "better" one.
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