I wish Vietnam was an island nation that time like Japan, so Vietnam could not have any restraints with neighboring countries, and the president Ngo Dinh Diem could be live and lead the country longer. The legacy of 9 years he lead Republic of Vietnam will not be forgotten
You say: other religious group. I also say The president oppressed other “religious” groups, I mean that “religious” groups look like monks. Is it an ideal Buddhism doing self-immolation?. By the way, “The oppression” is the result that the communist expect, is last reaction on sequence of method of communist, last reaction to ruin regime. After, group of international investigating reports there is NO persecution on Buddhism or Buddhists. I believe that there always have reason to believe a man, or only image about a man. I am Vietnamese, I believe The president Ngo Dinh Diem, he is just like a hero.@@ok-ie7ux
@@Iys67 buddhist crisis, most famous incident which is Thích Quảng Đức’s way of protesting against the South Vietnamese government’s oppresive policies through self-immolation
@@attari56 democratic, nepotistic is more like it. he was so bad that there was a coup against him that ended with the country in a condition similar to the chinese warlord era, though more peaceful
Diem and his family's actions in persecuting Buddhist monks and Buddhist laity in So. Vietnam were their bad karma. Diem and his family were corrupt and incompetent Catholic fanatics and they condemned themselves by their own malicious and brutal actions against their own people. Karmic retribution is what they got.
The Dulles brothers, John Foster as State Sec snd Allen as CIA Chief, together with JFK's Nat Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy (dubbed George McBungle) , trotted out the fallacious *domino theory" which underpinned US foreign policy to the US's detriment
When Buddhist monks are torching themselves in a majority Buddhist country, someone screwed up... He and his idiot brother sealed their own fate by their actions.
@@asmodeus0454 phía mỹ đã bật đèn xanh cho những kẻ cấp dưới của ngo dinh diem lật đổ ông,anh em ngài Diem Nhu là những người tài năng phía cộng sản xem anh em họ là đối thủ xứng tầm
Here's what I want to clarify. Ngô Đình Diệm was not a bad man. He didn't persecute Buddhists. Those Buddhists were Communist advocates, sent by the Communist regime themselves to get burned, influencing Southern Buddhists. Diệm loved Buddhism. Because, it was our country's 10 century old religion. The press only wrote down the things they see. Even now, the CIA identified the real situation, and acknowledged that Diệm was indeed a good man. The US didn't know his tactics, they led him to fall, and the whole country fall with him. The South Vietnamese loved him as well. Even now, the Buddhists want him back. The communist regime is too bad. My grandfather and grandmother were Buddhists living in Sài Gon at that time. They weren't persecuted, they walked around freely, being normal citizens. The suicidal Buddhists were influenced by the Communist regime too much. The communist regime did everything they could so that Diệm could lose power. Indeed, this is how America was beaten by communism. Just to clarify again, I'm not taking sides lol. You can't take sides on a war because both did horrible things. I'm just another fellow Vietnamese-American.
Funny how you say all this, in the UK history classes we are taught Diem was a dictator and a very corrupt person. Which in conclusion he is not a good person, he even got assassinated by his own people so I’m not sure what your South Vietnamese parents told you, a president who wants the richer to be richer and the poor to stay poorer for the country to fall into like China.
You can't be misleading people here, I have visited all the Museums in HCMC and read all about it. Diem and his brother are strong Catholics persecuting Buddhism and he even betrayed Bao Dai who appointed him as President so that he can get rid of the French and help the Americans. If you go to the site where the monk set himself on fire, there is a monument there too showing Southern soldiers persecuting Buddhists monks. Don't blame the communists, they never betrayed Vietnam like Diem and soldiers in the south and the Uncle Ho and the communists brought Vietnam to independence. Vietnamese are all now thankful to Uncle Ho.
The original comment seems to gloss over some critical historical facts about Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime. While Diệm wasn’t universally despised and did have support from certain groups, his administration was marked by significant repression, particularly towards Buddhists. The claim that protesting Buddhists were just communist agitators doesn’t hold up; the Buddhist Crisis of 1963 was a genuine response to Diệm’s discriminatory policies. Although the Viet Cong did exploit this unrest, the grievances of the Buddhists were real and well-documented. The CIA and international press reported on these issues extensively, and Diệm’s increasing unpopularity was a key reason why the U.S. eventually withdrew its support. On the other hand, the response is more aligned with historical records. Diệm and his brother indeed showed favoritism towards Catholics and repressed Buddhists, which led to significant unrest and protests, including the infamous self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức. Diệm did consolidate power at the expense of Bảo Đại, further fueling political instability. While the communists under Ho Chi Minh did lead Vietnam to independence from colonial rule, it’s important to remember that perspectives on these historical events can vary widely. Both comments reflect the complexities and varying viewpoints on Vietnam’s history, but the second one provides a more accurate representation of Diệm’s controversial rule.
@@truth8307lol it's saigon you restart if it's hcmc then you are on communist land then, and even a toddler would know that no country wouldn't display their own bias in history (except germany of course, they are the only country to had been doing a good job not rewriting history lol)
History is too weird to be true. At this point, the USA was barely involved in Vietnam. France had gotten the boot. Vietnam was temporarily left to its own devices. Fast-forward 20 years and...we know how things turned out. Fast-forward 50 more years, relations between the two countries have long since been normalized and American veterans are retiring in Vietnam.
Not so. By late 1963 there were 16,000 U.S. military advisers in So. Vietnam with supporting administration and logistics infrastructure and U.S. military involvement was increasing all the time.
He assisted US to remove the French and the last Emperor. He was appointed by the last Emperor Bao Dao(who was appointed by the French) because both are Catholics and foreign powers wanted someone like him to persecute Buddhism. The irony is he betrayed Bao Dai and supported US but after he persecuted Buddhist monks and after one of them set himself on fire, even south Vietnamese went against him, so US must have him killed, less than 3 weeks later Kennedy was killed too. Best to visit museums(not just the War Renmant Museum but the other historical museum) in HCMC to learn all this history, foreign media don't know them.
President Diem thought he was untouchable, and had a special relationship with US. he learnt the hard way that he wasn't when he was overthrown and killed. maybe Zelensky will have a similar experience in the future.
The American government had a hand in overthrowing Diem, although it was split on the matter. It quickly came to regret its actions. It was no involved in his murder. The primary conspirators, however, were ARVN officers. Diem had alienated South Vietnam's Buddhist majority through his persecution of them (Diem was Catholic) and his corruption. The famous photos of monks setting themselves on fire during the Vietnam War were taken during protests against Diem's rule.
@@squamish4244 it was reported by The Kyiv Independent. Zelensky is getting more paranoid. He thinks the Orthodox Church is secretly working for the Kremlin just as the Diem regime thought the Buddhists were secretly working for the Communists.
@@joemammon6149 Ukraine was the second-most corrupt regime in Europe...after Russia, prior to 2022. In order to gain entry into the EU and NATO, Ukraine will be forced to clean up its act. And Ukraine, unlike Russia, really wants into both organizations.
@@markgarrett3647 They double crossed him precisely because Ngo became a liability due to his persecution of Buddhists creating mass backlash in South Vietnam. His rule was also corrupt and incompetent. Ngo was coup'ed in a plot hatched by the CIA because they hoped his replacement would give the South Vietnamese regime better chances of survival. It still didn't work.
@@timanderson5981 The reverse is actually the truth. Diem was a former mandarin civil servant with a reputation for effectiveness and incorruptibility who was courted by both Bao Dai and Ho Chi Minh to become part of their respective cabinets but rejected them both and only accepted Bao Dai's offer later when it was pre-conditioned that Diem would become his Prime Minister and eventual Head of State of a Republic with American support. Those Buddhist sects such as that of Thich Tri Quang were harboring Communist sympathies since Vietnam was at that point heavily inundated with Communist propaganda.
ameritard is the biggest loser here lol imagine helping commies china beating the soviet in exchange for being their enemy decades later. ameritard had never made the world become a better place at all in recent history lol
He was appointed by the last Emperor Bao Dai(who was appointed by the French) because both are Catholics and foreign powers wanted someone like him to persecute Buddhism. The irony is he betrayed Bao Dai and supported US but after he persecuted Buddhist monks and after one of them set himself on fire, even south Vietnamese went against him, so US must have him killed, less than 3 weeks later Kennedy was killed too. Best to visit museums(not just the War Renmant Museum but the other historical museum) in HCMC to learn all this history, foreign media don't know them.
Diem is a devout Christian man who loved his country while Zelenskyy is a cruel, deceitful and anti-Christian man who betrayed his to the global leftists.
Excellent leadership and a brilliant President.
Good bless you President Diem
Và ❤ hoang đế một cõi nhỏ vẫn tốt hơn ; biến chuyển và chờ Thời. Vận mệnh lớn..
I wish Vietnam was an island nation that time like Japan, so Vietnam could not have any restraints with neighboring countries, and the
president Ngo Dinh Diem could be live and lead the country longer. The legacy of 9 years
he lead Republic of Vietnam will not be forgotten
I mean he oppressed other religious groups that he didnt follow, not a great guy
You say: other religious group. I also say The president oppressed other “religious” groups, I mean that “religious” groups look like monks. Is it an ideal Buddhism doing self-immolation?. By the way, “The oppression” is the result that the communist expect, is last reaction on sequence of method of communist, last reaction to ruin regime. After, group of international investigating reports there is NO persecution on Buddhism or Buddhists. I believe that there always have reason to believe a man, or only image about a man. I am Vietnamese, I believe The president Ngo Dinh Diem, he is just like a hero.@@ok-ie7ux
@@ok-ie7ux evidence? Did he oppress the other groups, or just love his religion more?
@@Iys67 buddhist crisis, most famous incident which is Thích Quảng Đức’s way of protesting against the South Vietnamese government’s oppresive policies through self-immolation
Năm 1957 mà New York đã có nhà chọc trời rồi đó
Please honor this servant to God and to the Republic of Vietnam!
servant to god? he persecuted Buddhists and couldn't lead a nation
@@attari56 democratic, nepotistic is more like it. he was so bad that there was a coup against him that ended with the country in a condition similar to the chinese warlord era, though more peaceful
Servant to white masters
Diem and his family's actions in persecuting Buddhist monks and Buddhist laity in So. Vietnam were their bad karma.
Diem and his family were corrupt and incompetent Catholic fanatics and they condemned themselves by their own malicious and brutal actions against their own people. Karmic retribution is what they got.
@@Soxial_creditsThat's because unlike Ho Chi Minh he doesn't kill every single one of his opponents.
Here's what I want to say to Ngo Dinh Diem: *_You had one job, dude!_*
Ngo Dinh Diem respond: Sorry dude, that guy assassinated me and my brother
President Ngo was a good man with faith and humanity. He was not a dictator as barked by the media....
The South was more of a dictatorship than the North
Lol, he was a Catholic who persecuted Buddhism monks and even betray his own country by helping US. Karna served him right!!
20.000 toten durch seine Hand ...lesen CIA Agent Frank Snepp ...!!
Dulles Brothers had him wacked ! If they only knew !
The Dulles brothers, John Foster as State Sec snd Allen as CIA Chief, together with JFK's Nat Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy (dubbed George McBungle) , trotted out the fallacious *domino theory" which underpinned US foreign policy to the US's detriment
When Buddhist monks are torching themselves in a majority Buddhist country, someone screwed up... He and his idiot brother sealed their own fate by their actions.
?
He's a good man!
That's why Diem and his brother were murdered by their own soldiers. LOL!
@@asmodeus0454 phía mỹ đã bật đèn xanh cho những kẻ cấp dưới của ngo dinh diem lật đổ ông,anh em ngài Diem Nhu là những người tài năng phía cộng sản xem anh em họ là đối thủ xứng tầm
Obviously true !
@@asmodeus0454The CIA had a lot more to do with the coup.
Here's what I want to clarify. Ngô Đình Diệm was not a bad man. He didn't persecute Buddhists. Those Buddhists were Communist advocates, sent by the Communist regime themselves to get burned, influencing Southern Buddhists. Diệm loved Buddhism. Because, it was our country's 10 century old religion. The press only wrote down the things they see. Even now, the CIA identified the real situation, and acknowledged that Diệm was indeed a good man. The US didn't know his tactics, they led him to fall, and the whole country fall with him. The South Vietnamese loved him as well. Even now, the Buddhists want him back. The communist regime is too bad. My grandfather and grandmother were Buddhists living in Sài Gon at that time. They weren't persecuted, they walked around freely, being normal citizens. The suicidal Buddhists were influenced by the Communist regime too much. The communist regime did everything they could so that Diệm could lose power. Indeed, this is how America was beaten by communism. Just to clarify again, I'm not taking sides lol. You can't take sides on a war because both did horrible things. I'm just another fellow Vietnamese-American.
Funny how you say all this, in the UK history classes we are taught Diem was a dictator and a very corrupt person. Which in conclusion he is not a good person, he even got assassinated by his own people so I’m not sure what your South Vietnamese parents told you, a president who wants the richer to be richer and the poor to stay poorer for the country to fall into like China.
As a fellow viet american... You're just a conservative centrist. Who is taking sides.
You can't be misleading people here, I have visited all the Museums in HCMC and read all about it. Diem and his brother are strong Catholics persecuting Buddhism and he even betrayed Bao Dai who appointed him as President so that he can get rid of the French and help the Americans. If you go to the site where the monk set himself on fire, there is a monument there too showing Southern soldiers persecuting Buddhists monks. Don't blame the communists, they never betrayed Vietnam like Diem and soldiers in the south and the Uncle Ho and the communists brought Vietnam to independence. Vietnamese are all now thankful to Uncle Ho.
The original comment seems to gloss over some critical historical facts about Ngô Đình Diệm’s regime. While Diệm wasn’t universally despised and did have support from certain groups, his administration was marked by significant repression, particularly towards Buddhists. The claim that protesting Buddhists were just communist agitators doesn’t hold up; the Buddhist Crisis of 1963 was a genuine response to Diệm’s discriminatory policies. Although the Viet Cong did exploit this unrest, the grievances of the Buddhists were real and well-documented. The CIA and international press reported on these issues extensively, and Diệm’s increasing unpopularity was a key reason why the U.S. eventually withdrew its support.
On the other hand, the response is more aligned with historical records. Diệm and his brother indeed showed favoritism towards Catholics and repressed Buddhists, which led to significant unrest and protests, including the infamous self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức. Diệm did consolidate power at the expense of Bảo Đại, further fueling political instability. While the communists under Ho Chi Minh did lead Vietnam to independence from colonial rule, it’s important to remember that perspectives on these historical events can vary widely. Both comments reflect the complexities and varying viewpoints on Vietnam’s history, but the second one provides a more accurate representation of Diệm’s controversial rule.
@@truth8307lol it's saigon you restart if it's hcmc then you are on communist land then, and even a toddler would know that no country wouldn't display their own bias in history (except germany of course, they are the only country to had been doing a good job not rewriting history lol)
Elensky got the same treatment in D.C and C.I.A might take him out soon.
History is too weird to be true. At this point, the USA was barely involved in Vietnam. France had gotten the boot. Vietnam was temporarily left to its own devices. Fast-forward 20 years and...we know how things turned out. Fast-forward 50 more years, relations between the two countries have long since been normalized and American veterans are retiring in Vietnam.
Not so. By late 1963 there were 16,000 U.S. military advisers in So. Vietnam with supporting administration and logistics infrastructure and U.S. military involvement was increasing all the time.
He assisted US to remove the French and the last Emperor.
He was appointed by the last Emperor Bao Dao(who was appointed by the French) because both are Catholics and foreign powers wanted someone like him to persecute Buddhism. The irony is he betrayed Bao Dai and supported US but after he persecuted Buddhist monks and after one of them set himself on fire, even south Vietnamese went against him, so US must have him killed, less than 3 weeks later Kennedy was killed too. Best to visit museums(not just the War Renmant Museum but the other historical museum) in HCMC to learn all this history, foreign media don't know them.
Very timely video! Volodymyr Zelensky is about to become this century's Ngo Dinh Diem.
1/11/23 tks
Ukraine parliament just voted to adopt the flag of South Vietnam, bravo!
President Diem thought he was untouchable, and had a special relationship with US. he learnt the hard way that he wasn't when he was overthrown and killed. maybe Zelensky will have a similar experience in the future.
The American government had a hand in overthrowing Diem, although it was split on the matter. It quickly came to regret its actions. It was no involved in his murder.
The primary conspirators, however, were ARVN officers. Diem had alienated South Vietnam's Buddhist majority through his persecution of them (Diem was Catholic) and his corruption. The famous photos of monks setting themselves on fire during the Vietnam War were taken during protests against Diem's rule.
@@squamish4244 Zelensky is persecuting the Orthodox churches with his goons raiding them and arresting the priests. So there's a similarity there.
@@joemammon6149 Where's the evidence for this? Russian news sources don't count.
@@squamish4244 it was reported by The Kyiv Independent. Zelensky is getting more paranoid. He thinks the Orthodox Church is secretly working for the Kremlin just as the Diem regime thought the Buddhists were secretly working for the Communists.
@@joemammon6149 Ukraine was the second-most corrupt regime in Europe...after Russia, prior to 2022. In order to gain entry into the EU and NATO, Ukraine will be forced to clean up its act. And Ukraine, unlike Russia, really wants into both organizations.
He was merely a U.S. puppet.
The CIA wouldn't double cross him if he was.
@@markgarrett3647so pup on a leash that got sent to an upstate farm?
@@TriTran-qb9eg He was too much of a capable and virtuous man for lowlifes like Henry Cabot Lodge and Ho Chi Minh.
@@markgarrett3647 They double crossed him precisely because Ngo became a liability due to his persecution of Buddhists creating mass backlash in South Vietnam. His rule was also corrupt and incompetent. Ngo was coup'ed in a plot hatched by the CIA because they hoped his replacement would give the South Vietnamese regime better chances of survival. It still didn't work.
@@timanderson5981 The reverse is actually the truth.
Diem was a former mandarin civil servant with a reputation for effectiveness and incorruptibility who was courted by both Bao Dai and Ho Chi Minh to become part of their respective cabinets but rejected them both and only accepted Bao Dai's offer later when it was pre-conditioned that Diem would become his Prime Minister and eventual Head of State of a Republic with American support.
Those Buddhist sects such as that of Thich Tri Quang were harboring Communist sympathies since Vietnam was at that point heavily inundated with Communist propaganda.
Zelensky 😂
Diem is a devout Christian man and Zelenskyy is a pro-Nazi anti-Christian tyrant.
This is how Zelensky may end up...
Boy, did the U.S. back a loser in Diem!
No Diem is a winner who was stabbed in the back by the Demoncrats
It is happening again! 🤣
ameritard is the biggest loser here lol imagine helping commies china beating the soviet in exchange for being their enemy decades later. ameritard had never made the world become a better place at all in recent history lol
He was appointed by the last Emperor Bao Dai(who was appointed by the French) because both are Catholics and foreign powers wanted someone like him to persecute Buddhism. The irony is he betrayed Bao Dai and supported US but after he persecuted Buddhist monks and after one of them set himself on fire, even south Vietnamese went against him, so US must have him killed, less than 3 weeks later Kennedy was killed too. Best to visit museums(not just the War Renmant Museum but the other historical museum) in HCMC to learn all this history, foreign media don't know them.
Zelensky?
Diem is a devout Christian man who loved his country while Zelenskyy is a cruel, deceitful and anti-Christian man who betrayed his to the global leftists.
Looking more and more like it!