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Submitted by A. K., Jun 6, 2007 22:32

My heart is sadden and harden upon the news and charges brought against Gen. Vang Pao. Has anybody read any recent articles or history on the Hmong in Laos lately? They are still being slaughtered like animals each and every day by the Lao government. The Hmong-Americans cannot even travel there safely. Each year, a handful of Hmong-Americans who traveled back to their homeland of Laos for vacations are carried back home to the U.S. in a casket. Those who are not so lucky are never found and simply vanished from the face of the earth. What the General is doing is to free his people from persecutions, rapes, and injustice killings by the Lao government since 1975, after the U.S. abandoned the Hmong when the Hmong were the allies who fought side by side with U.S. soldiers during the "Secret War" in Laos. The United States is a defender of freedom and anti-communists. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" The words of the mighty woman with a torch who stands proudly on the shore of New York symbolizing freedom to the world. The General is the last hope for the Hmong suffering in Laos--even if war seems the answer. If the General is convicted based on the allegations brought against him, then the United States has failed those who pray for hopes, refuge, and freedom.

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He did it for the good of our people but i know that it was also a terrible thing to... [MORE]	Nplias Thao	Dec 11, 2007 14:54
As a Hmong my feeling, thinking, and senses are truthful and honesty. I think as a Hmong when there is... [MORE]	Hmong Alaska	Aug 24, 2007 17:42
I am ready to serve under our leaders again, no matter what. i think the LPDR have done so many... [MORE]	TUB	Jul 17, 2007 12:10
I name G..Vang Pao as my former hero. [MORE]	ALL HMONG ARE CLEAN.	Jul 23, 2007 19:07
General Vang Pao is not dangerous to the society (neither to the Loas or U.S), he actually try to save... [MORE]	Mr. Thao	Jun 12, 2007 13:52
Why would some one like Gen. Vang Pao want to do something like this? I am for one believe that... [MORE]	Tou V.	Jun 9, 2007 01:18
Of all the articles I have read online, this one seems to be the most truthful, and unbias. Thank you... [MORE]	Hlee	Jun 8, 2007 01:43
My heart is sadden and harden upon the news and charges brought against Gen. Vang Pao. Has anybody read any...	A. K.	Jun 6, 2007 22:32
Why is Vang Pao in jail? If the following remarks came from our President of the United States during a... [MORE]	SV	Jun 6, 2007 20:54
As a Hmong woman born in the United States, I am shocked and sad. I cannot believe that our Hmong... [MORE]	Mary	Jun 6, 2007 17:34
when i first heard of this tragic news, my immediate concern was for the hmong people who are trying to... [MORE]	victor	Jun 6, 2007 16:10
I and many of the Hmong people thank you. [MORE]	tswv	Jun 7, 2007 00:58
I couldn't have said it better. Thank you for seeing and understanding the plight of the Hmong. [MORE]	Ab	Jun 7, 2007 11:48
In the mist of all this chaos, I pray for my Hmong people in Laos. It took over 3 decades... [MORE]	Ger Lo	Jun 6, 2007 14:43
It just come to my attention that after 3 decades of fears, sad, tears and hopeless in all Hmong, this... [MORE]	Michael X.	Jun 7, 2007 22:03
I'm shocked and sadden by the news of Gen. Vang Pao's arrest. There was a time when this country would... [MORE]	VL	Jun 8, 2007 19:36

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