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| | In 1925 he was sent to [[China]], officially as a staff member of the [[Soviet]] Consulate in [[Canton]], in fact as a [[Comintern]] agent. Then he became the Director of the Comintern Office in [[Shanghai]]. Since then, until the start of the [[Second World War]] he traveled a lot over [[Asia]]. | | In 1925 he was sent to [[China]], officially as a staff member of the [[Soviet]] Consulate in [[Canton]], in fact as a [[Comintern]] agent. Then he became the Director of the Comintern Office in [[Shanghai]]. Since then, until the start of the [[Second World War]] he traveled a lot over [[Asia]]. |
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| − | * Ho throughout his life was a dedicated [[Communist international]]ist. In 1938 Ho went from [[Moscow]] to Moa's side at [[Yenan]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=NJcolGHWfzoC&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq=chi+minh%2Bmao%2Byenan&source=bl&ots=MqYmygssrY&sig=HuS7BoXeptzMYrD_EJfYeEaZTMk&hl=en&ei=cVHDTY7UA5CPsgav0qneAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=chi%20minh%2Bmao%2Byenan&f=false [[OSS]] in China: prelude to Cold War], By Maochun Yu.</ref><ref>http://www.oldwardogs.us/2006/12/understanding_r.html</ref> | + | * Ho throughout his life was a dedicated [[Communist international]]ist. In 1938 Ho went from [[Moscow]] to Moa's side at [[Yenan]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NJcolGHWfzoC&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq=chi+minh%2Bmao%2Byenan&source=bl&ots=MqYmygssrY&sig=HuS7BoXeptzMYrD_EJfYeEaZTMk&hl=en&ei=cVHDTY7UA5CPsgav0qneAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=chi%20minh%2Bmao%2Byenan&f=false [[OSS]] in China: prelude to Cold War], By Maochun Yu.</ref><ref>http://www.oldwardogs.us/2006/12/understanding_r.html</ref> |
| | * Ho Chi Minh was a [[Nationalism|nationalist]] in the sense that he had a special affection for Vietnam’s people and favored Vietnamese unification and independence, but, from his reading of [[Lenin]]’s Theses onward, he firmly adhered to the [[Leninist]] principle that Communist [[nation]]s should subordinate their interests to those of the international Communist movement.<ref>http://www.triumphforsaken.com/index.php?pr=Excerpt</ref> | | * Ho Chi Minh was a [[Nationalism|nationalist]] in the sense that he had a special affection for Vietnam’s people and favored Vietnamese unification and independence, but, from his reading of [[Lenin]]’s Theses onward, he firmly adhered to the [[Leninist]] principle that Communist [[nation]]s should subordinate their interests to those of the international Communist movement.<ref>http://www.triumphforsaken.com/index.php?pr=Excerpt</ref> |
| | *Because of Ho Chi Minh drafting a Declaration of Independence that specifically referenced the American revolution, liberals (including most infamously Barack Obama) thought Ho Chi Minh was inspired by Thomas Jefferson, even though many stuff in Minh's declaration had stark differences from Jefferson's ideas (namely, placing more emphasis on the nation than on individual men), as well as faking admiration specifically to trick Americans into supporting his cause.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/obama-ho-chi-minh-comment-echoes-kgb-disinformation/</ref> | | *Because of Ho Chi Minh drafting a Declaration of Independence that specifically referenced the American revolution, liberals (including most infamously Barack Obama) thought Ho Chi Minh was inspired by Thomas Jefferson, even though many stuff in Minh's declaration had stark differences from Jefferson's ideas (namely, placing more emphasis on the nation than on individual men), as well as faking admiration specifically to trick Americans into supporting his cause.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/obama-ho-chi-minh-comment-echoes-kgb-disinformation/</ref> |
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| | *[http://dartcenter.org/content/camp-z30-d-survivors Camp Survivors] At least a million South Vietnamese were sent to concentration camps, with at least 165,000 never being seen again. | | *[http://dartcenter.org/content/camp-z30-d-survivors Camp Survivors] At least a million South Vietnamese were sent to concentration camps, with at least 165,000 never being seen again. |
| | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20030215155233/http://www.laohumrights.org/laowht02.html Genocide in Laos] The Vietnamese and Laotian Communists waged a genocidal war against the Hmong tribesmen, with 100-300,000 dead. | | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20030215155233/http://www.laohumrights.org/laowht02.html Genocide in Laos] The Vietnamese and Laotian Communists waged a genocidal war against the Hmong tribesmen, with 100-300,000 dead. |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaLwFvhWdZE Ho Chi Minh The Man and The Myth Documentation on YouTube] | + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaLwFvhWdZE Ho Chi Minh The Man and The Myth Documentation on YouTube] |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |