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Uncomfortable Truths and Vietnam

Canada political discourse: The story of Vietnamese "boat people" fleeing Vietnam following the end of the disastrous U.S. war in that country in 1975 is an enduring one in Canada political discourse, according to Rabble. It has served to cover up uncomfortable truths about U.S. war crimes against the Vietnamese people as well as Canada complicity in those crimes. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. As Canada receives the first of 25,000 Syrian refugees to land by the end of February 2016, Canadians should be wary of similar political exercises to misrepresent truths about the deadly consequences of decades of imperialist intervention in the Middle East. The story featured three guests who came to Canada in the past as refugees from Chile, Vietnam and, most recently, Syria. On December 26, the CBC Radio One program Day Sixbroadcast a story concerning Syrian refugees coming to Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.