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FW: A review of Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia         


Author: tsoomhmoob
Date: Mar 27, 2008 10:12

Sooner or later you'll run into someone who cites, typically with
vitriolic fulminating passion, Alfred McCoy's book, THE POLITICS OF
HEROIN as proof-positive of the evil, repugnant nature of American
'intervention' in SE Asia. It is, to the unschooled and ill-informed,
very convincing and seemingly documented to the hilt.
Here is a review dissecting the book(?) and pointing out its
flaws. Note at end of review is citation from the Church Committee
Hearings stating no evidence has been found of CIA/Hmong drug
trafficking.

http://www.air-america.org/About/quigley_review_mccoy.pdf
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Re: FW: A review of Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia         


Author: Tzianeng Vang
Date: Mar 27, 2008 13:38

tsoomhm...

it is so sad for we have been relying on others to tell our stories,
especially when someone step onto our village for only a months worth
of time and claimed to be expert on our lives and we do nothing about
it...by doing nothing about it validated her/his claim. I encourage us
all to remember that others have the options and luxuries to make a
living by associating or learning about our lives, but we don't have
that same luxury nor options...it's our lives...

interesting critiques on the long and over due controversial created
by dr. mccoy...

sincerely,

txiabneeb
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Re: FW: A review of Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia         


Author: Thornspear
Date: Mar 27, 2008 17:36

whether 1 month or 10 years not impotant saib qhov luag has hov puas
muaj tseeb xwb, yog tas muaj lawm tag ces ua tuab ywv txhob nti nti
lawm tsaam raag haj yaam hlais moog tub ntxiv hua yog tas tsig muaj le
has tag ces kuj muab yug le evidence coj moog npluav tsig txhob be
silent le hov los poj, yog qhov luag has hov tub tsig muaj los yug
qhov ncauj ca le kaw taag le lawm ces kawg luag cov tsig pum tsig nrug
yug paub ham tsis yuav ntseeg tug has xwb, ncu ntsoov tas yog yug tsis
tau committ crime los yog luag accuss yug es yug cas le ua tuab ywv
tsis has ib lug le ces txhais tau tas qhov luag has hov yeej muaj
lawm.

On Mar 27, 3:38 pm, Tzianeng Vang gmail.com> wrote:
> tsoomhm...
>
> it is so sad for we have been relying on others to tell our stories,
> especially when someone step onto our village for...
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Re: FW: A review of Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia         


Author: listhoj1234
Date: Mar 27, 2008 18:31

On Mar 27, 3:38 pm, Tzianeng Vang gmail.com> wrote:
> tsoomhm...
>
> it is so sad for we have been relying on others to tell our stories,
> especially when someone step onto our village for only a months worth
> of time and claimed to be expert on our lives and we do nothing about
> it...by doing nothing about it validated her/his claim. I encourage us
> all to remember that others have the options and luxuries to make a
> living by associating or learning about our lives, but we don't have
> that same luxury nor options...it's our lives...
>
> interesting critiques on the long and over due controversial created
> by dr. mccoy...
>
> sincerely,
>
> txiabneeb
>
> On Mar 27, 12:12 pm, tsoomhm...@hotmail.com wrote:
> ...
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Re: FW: A review of Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia         


Author: madcow
Date: Mar 27, 2008 21:52

tsoomhmoob@hotmail.com wrote:
> Sooner or later you'll run into someone who cites, typically with
> vitriolic fulminating passion, Alfred McCoy's book, THE POLITICS OF
> HEROIN as proof-positive of the evil, repugnant nature of American
> 'intervention' in SE Asia. It is, to the unschooled and ill-informed,
> very convincing and seemingly documented to the hilt.
> Here is a review dissecting the book(?) and pointing out its
> flaws. Note at end of review is citation from the Church Committee
> Hearings stating no evidence has been found of CIA/Hmong drug
> trafficking.
>
> http://www.air-america.org/About/quigley_review_mccoy.pdf

Can someone challenge McCoy and make him eat his words? This is what
they say.. if you don't write your history, outsiders will. And you may
not like it.
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Re: FW: A review of Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia         


Author: ເຄຣຊີ້ແລຣີ້
Date: Mar 28, 2008 04:28

On Mar 27, 9:31 pm, listhoj1...@yahoo.com wrote:
> This is a Hmong thing where if a foreigner like McCoy shows up on our
> village, Hmong will do everything Hmong can to please him, give him
> chicken heads, chicken stamch, clean their ass because there is no
> toilet paper there, offer their wives to him to please. This is what
> Mr. Cow was referred when he stepped into a Hmong Village for 2 days
> and write something about Heroin With VP.
>

Really? You are saying that Hmong people are stupid? You are saying
that Hmong people can't lead themselves? You are always making Hmong
people look bad. What do you have against Hmong people? You are
Hmong, no?
> Mr. Cow can write about any subject, Dog Having baby Cat, People
> Having Baby Monkey, Asia Sex With fish, God sleep With Budha, the moon
> only has sex with the sun once a month, anything.
>
> Hmong Freedom II

Who is Mr. Cow?
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Re: FW: A review of Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia         


Author: Hmong-Lao
Date: Mar 28, 2008 07:14

On Mar 28, 5:28 am, ເຄຣຊີ້ແລຣີ້ yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 27, 9:31 pm, listhoj1...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> This is a Hmong thing where if a foreigner like McCoy shows up on our
>> village, Hmong will do everything Hmong can to please him, give him
>> chicken heads, chicken stamch, clean their ass because there is no
>> toilet paper there, offer their wives to him to please. This is what
>> Mr. Cow was referred when he stepped into a Hmong Village for 2 days
>> and write something about Heroin With VP.
>
> Really? You are saying that Hmong people are stupid? You are saying
> that Hmong people can't lead themselves? You are always making Hmong
> people look bad. What do you have against Hmong people? You are
> Hmong, no?
>
>> Mr. Cow can write about any subject, Dog Having baby Cat, People
>> Having Baby Monkey, Asia Sex With fish, God sleep With Budha, the moon
>> only has sex with the sun once a month, anything.
>
>> Hmong Freedom II ...
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