He defined the spirit of the post-colonial age by defeating three of the most powerful empires in history: the French, the Japanese, and the American.
Today Vietnam is a free country, able to control its own development, thanks to his leadership and patriotism.
2007-10-15 14:21:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I would rank FDR and JFK up there too.
2007-10-15 14:27:10 · update #1
Gandhi comes to mind
2007-10-15 14:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by captain_koyk 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Though I think Fidel Castro has done an admirable job in defending his country for decades against U.S.-sponsored terrorism, a cruelly punitive embargo, and all manner of bizarre and sick U.S.-backed espionage and intrigue; I would, upon reflection, have to agree with you: Ho Chi Minh probably is the greatest leader of the 20th century given his resistance to FOUR imperial powers: France, Japan, the U.S., and, don't forget, China. After all, even the common ideology of communism could not erase the centuries old animosity that the Chinese and Vietnamese have held against each other.
2007-10-16 11:32:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Political LEADER? Try and undo the politics of Chairman Mao.
2007-10-15 21:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's still a third world, backward country, on the whole.
My candidate would be FDR.
2007-10-15 21:25:00 · answer #4 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
dips*it vietnam is not a free country they are communist and poor as hell, ho chi min killed more of his own people than the americans and french combined did in vietnam
2007-10-15 21:57:08 · answer #5 · answered by some guy 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, and all the other enslaving, so called saviors, of the people. Free country my butt. I suppose you want that kind of freedom here in the USA too? No thanks my hippy friend. And they did not defeat the US, our government whimped out.
2007-10-15 21:30:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
George Bush was greater for invading Afghanistan and Iraq, next targets will be Iran and North Korea.
2007-10-15 21:25:51 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Umm.... wow.... I'm going to keep my explicitives to myself.
Wasn't he the enemy of your country?
That's like saying that Hitler was a great man. You know, cause he conquered all of Europe and almost the UK and Russia.
"Wow, Hitler was SOOO GREAT."
^^^^That's How you sound^^^^
2007-10-15 21:45:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Two words, MOVE THERE!
2007-10-15 21:25:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋