...and, as he knows the the entirety of Hmong culture is new to me, (I had not even heard the word until 1998,) I asked straight out... 'dude, what do you think of this? I mean, what's the feelings among the Hmong community about this?'
What was interesting was that he had no real knowledge of who the local involvement were, and that he stated that the Hmong leader who is in charge of this was sort of revered almost like a god by Hmongs. (not viewed literally as one, just with very very high respect.)
What he was concerned was '...how there has been such a struggle to get things all sorted out regarding the whole naturalization / immigration issue, and now 'this,' happens...'
'..so now what are Americans going to think, like we're on par with terrorists or something...'
-He felt that it gave the wrong impression of what his people were about, and that the timing of this situation was a bad thing.
I tried to convey to him, that:
-though coup's and such are not unheard of (that other countries have them,) that what may be an overall view of how this was going on was (possibly,) the following:
1. Americans, (particularlly older ones who have been around since cold-war days,
---really aren't into communism, don't like it, don't trust it, and would see someone trying to supplant a communist leadership as something done 'for the greater good.' (that it would almost be seen as a healthy move to wrest the control into sane and fair hands.)
2. That, when a single bomber can cost millions and millions, most folks would be sort of 'impressed,' (as stated in above posts,) by the rather thrifty aspect of being able to knock out some communist leadership for just a smidge under 10mil...
(and that such a thing would be seen as a bit 'ballsy.')
He understood that and I think a lot of folks will see it that way too (communism = bad, thumping communism so cost effectively = pretty impressive.)
But I think his initial (and remaining,) concern that this would put a black eye on the naturalization efforts,
-and make his people look like something threatening or troublesome to folks, and that at this time, it was again, not good.
I was discussing this with a Hmong associate at work
...and, as he knows the the entirety of Hmong culture is new to me, (I had not even heard the word until 1998,) I asked straight out... 'dude, what do you think of this? I mean, what's the feelings among the Hmong community about this?'
What was interesting was that he had no real knowledge of who the local involvement were, and that he stated that the Hmong leader who is in charge of this was sort of revered almost like a god by Hmongs. (not viewed literally as one, just with very very high respect.)
What he was concerned was '...how there has been such a struggle to get things all sorted out regarding the whole naturalization / immigration issue, and now 'this,' happens...'
'..so now what are Americans going to think, like we're on par with terrorists or something...'
-He felt that it gave the wrong impression of what his people were about, and that the timing of this situation was a bad thing.
I tried to convey to him, that:
-though coup's and such are not unheard of (that other countries have them,) that what may be an overall view of how this was going on was (possibly,) the following:
1. Americans, (particularlly older ones who have been around since cold-war days,
---really aren't into communism, don't like it, don't trust it, and would see someone trying to supplant a communist leadership as something done 'for the greater good.' (that it would almost be seen as a healthy move to wrest the control into sane and fair hands.)
2. That, when a single bomber can cost millions and millions, most folks would be sort of 'impressed,' (as stated in above posts,) by the rather thrifty aspect of being able to knock out some communist leadership for just a smidge under 10mil...
(and that such a thing would be seen as a bit 'ballsy.')
He understood that and I think a lot of folks will see it that way too (communism = bad, thumping communism so cost effectively = pretty impressive.)
But I think his initial (and remaining,) concern that this would put a black eye on the naturalization efforts,
-and make his people look like something threatening or troublesome to folks, and that at this time, it was again, not good.