The 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement carved much of the Middle East into future states that are now disintegrating amid the raging sandstorms of the Arab Spring.,Vietnam: Another Failed Two-State Solution,The parallels of 1950s Vietnam to the Middle East
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Last October at a town hall meeting for US citizens in Israel Republican Congressman Raul Labrador of Idaho quipped that the US has better relations with just two countries since President Obama took office: Iran and Cuba.
Now we can add Vietnam to that list.
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On his visit to the Far East this week President Obama announced he would lift America’s half-century-old embargo on lethal arms to Vietnam — a country the US warred with in the 1960s and 1970s sacrificing 58000 American lives in the process.
In keeping with his opening to Cuba Obama received no ironclad commitments from Vietnam’s Communist rulers to safeguard human rights in a nation that has liberalized its economy but maintains tight control on political expression.
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