Re: Live, Dye for Home Country

[Thang Dinh Bui <tdb0880@unix.tamu.edu>]

Cha`o ca'c ba'c,

To^i ddo^`ng y' ra(`ng chie^'n tranh la` mo^.t "dirty business"
Va` cho du` co' to^'n bao gia^'y mu+.c cho bao nhie^u nha` va(n ta`i 
gio?i thi` cu~ng kho^ng the^? na`o ta? he^'t ddu+o+.c nhu+~ng ddau
thu+o+ng, ma^'t ma't va` nhu+~ng gi` ma` ngu+o+`i li'nh, ngu+o+`i da^n
pha?i chi.u ddu+ng trong va` sau cuo^.c chie^'n. Co' mo^.t ddie^`u 
cha('c cha('n la` kho^ng ai muo^'n che^'t.
To^i cu~ng la.i nghe no'i ra(`ng li.ch su+? la` ca'c cuo^.c chie^'n tranh
va` mu.c ddi'ch cu?a chie^'n tranh la` ho`a bi`nh. 
Nu+o+'c My~ nga`y xu+a cu~ng dda~ tu+`ng ddo^? ma'u trong co^ng cuo^.c
gia`nh ddo^.c la^.p. Pattrick H. dda~ tu+`ng no'i 
"Give me liberty, or give me death". ma` "liberty" tu+` nu+o+'c Anh? tu+` 
co^' quo^'c cu?a ha^`u he^'t nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i o+? My~ lu'c ddo' ? Nhu+
va^.y theo to^i la` co`n co' mo^.t ca'i gi` ddo' (o+? mo^.t THO+`I 
DDIE^?M, mo^.t HOA`N CA?NH na`o ddo') lo+'n ho+n, cao ho+n no^~i so+.
ca'i che^'t. Vi` ca'i ddo' ma` li.ch su+? mo+'i ddi le^n. 
(Lie^.u o^ng Patrrick na`y ngu hay bi. dda'nh lu+`a bo+?i mo^.t
ai ddo'. To^i thi` kho^ng da'm ke^'t lua^.n nhu+ va^.y .)

Suy cho cu`ng, va^'n dde^` quan tro.ng nha^'t la` anh co' lo+'n ma.nh
le^n tu+` chie^'n tranh va` chie^'n tha('ng hay kho^ng. Sau cuo^.c no^.i 
chie^'n, (co' the^? la` nho+` no^.i chie^'n) hai mie^`n Nam va` Ba('c My~
dda~ CU`NG xa^y du+.ng mo^.t nu+o+'c My~ hu`ng ma.nh nhu+ nga`y nay.  
Cu~ng co' the^? no'i ra(`ng ne^'u kho^ng co' cuo^.c no^.i chie^'n ddo'
thi` My~ co`n ma.nh ho+n the^' nu+~a. Nhu+ng li.ch su+? dda~ qua ma`
kho^ng ai ki.p no'i chu+~ "ne^'u" ca? . Chi? bie^'t dda(.t ca'i chu+~
"ne^'u" va`o hie^.n ta.i va` tu+o+ng lai tho^i.

Quay la.i chuye^.n ve^` so^'ng che^'t cho que^ hu+o+ng. DDu'ng nhu+ ca'c
ba'c dda~ no'i ddo' la` va^'n dde^` phu. thuo^.c va`o hoa`n ca?nh. 
Va` la` mo^.t ca'ch no'i hi`nh tu+o+.ng.
Nhie^`u khi cuo^.c ddo+`i kho^ng cho chu'ng ta nhie^`u lu+.a cho.n.
Hoa(.c la` cha(?ng co' lu+.a cho.n na`o he^'t, hoa(.c la` cho.n mo^.t
ca'i ma` mi`nh cho la` ddu'ng tu+` suy nghi~ cu?a mi`nh.
Ca'i anh cha`ng Ashley xa vo+. than tho+? tho^'ng thie^'t dde^'n the^' ma`
sau na`y la.i va^~n tham gia va`o ho^.i ki'n cho^'ng la.i qua^n mie^`n
Ba('c  dde^? dde^'n no^~i bi. thu+o+ng suy't toi ma.ng (ne^'u to^i nho+'
kho^ng nha^`m). Hi hi, la.i bi. lu+`a mo^.t nu+~a zo^`i !??

Thang