Hoa Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton): Vietnam War POW Propaganda Piece

[dfc99nyc]

Irony of ironies is that you can now find Vietnamese Coca-Cola commercials on YouTube, and nearly every pair of sneaker I own was made in Vietnam.

[jnv53]

Look into the eyes of the men they were claiming to be treating so humanely. Their eyes tell the REAL story! My man was killed SAVAGELY over there so don't you dare tell me how good they were treated!! They were treated as less than sub human dammit! And the ones who did these things as well as the ones who supported their actions WILL face the wrath and fury of God! Good luck lying to Him!

[jnv53]

Look into the eyes of the men they were claiming to be treating so humanely. Their eyes tell the REAL story!

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

@jnv53 Exactly. That's the point of posting this video, to show propaganda. Governments and media spin mistruths non-stop in aggressive pursuit of their agendas. This video is but one more example.

[WilliamDRowlett]

Makes me want to puke. I want to take those North Vietnamese gooks and slap them every ways for what they did to to our men. No excuse. "Rabbit"---You would get your shit beat out of you if I could get hold of you. I can't wait to do it.

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

@WilliamDRowlett Don't fool yourself into believing that torture was (or is, in today's conflicts) one-sided. The public doesn't know the half of it. For the sake of balance, also don't forget that the Vietnam War (or "American War," as it is called in Vietnam) was fought on their land, not against neighbors but against Americans and Europeans from thousands of miles away, with the big action started by an NSA-admitted false flag operation. The lies go so deep we'll never know the whole truth

[xxchinookxx]

I remember during my childhood during the mid 1960s, I saw many different Vietnam era aircraft flying due to living near AF bases like: LUKE AFB,WILLIAMS AFB & DAVIS MONTHAN, all 3 in AZ. I was aware of the conflict in Nam and I just hoped that our airmen would return safe....I remember seeing KC-97 Tankers, F-4s, F-105s,F-100s,F-5s,T-38s,T-37s­,C-124s,C-133s,KC-135s,F-104s,­C-119s flying over my house at the farm.

[xxchinookxx]

There isn't much difference betweet the Viet Cong Gooks and the politicians in Washington....Both LIE!

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

@xxchinookxx Well, it's hard to disagree with the notion that politicians lie and spout propaganda. In any case, it's crazy to me that this video has the most views of any of my youtube vids. It definitely touches a nerve with many people.

[kosminam91]

Lính US còn được ăn uống sướng hơn bất kì quan chức Việt Nam nào lúc đó. Nếu biết Cụ Hồ chỉ ăn cơm với rau củ trong mỗi bữa ăn thì họ sẽ nghĩ gì khi nhìn những hình ảnh này.

[bluediver2]

They are liers them communist ape looking beasts

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

@bluediver2 Wow, why don't you tell us how you really feel!

Unfortunately, propaganda has proven to be a useful tool in exploiting people the world 'round. No political affiliation or country has the market cornered when comes to propaganda.

[THE1V]

that's torturing rite there

[WilliamRowlett]

I knew that McCain and my congressman (former POW) Sam Johnson lied about about their arms being mangled by N. Vietnamese torture. After seeing this video, I'm convinced McCain injured his arm playing volleyball in the prison yard. Johnson probably messed up his rotator cuff playing ping pong. And on frame 0:53, the N. Vietnamese taught the idiot POW's how to use a broom for sweeping. We should be so grateful for that.

[dbdublin]

@WilliamRowlett Too bad you didn't get to spend time at the Hao Lo Resort.

[caravaggio31]

In fact they seen in better conditions than those from Iraq in Abu Grabh......

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

@caravaggio31 I didn't post this video to have some kind of contest over what war or country had the worst prisoner conditions. I posted it to show the propaganda from the Vietnam War, that aims to show Americans being treated like they're at a luxury resort. The video is interesting because it was over 30 years ago that Americans were tortured there, yet the video is still being shown and people visiting the Hanoi prison museum still buy into the propaganda. That is all.

[50poiuyt]

If Vietnamese saw photo S.Vietnam general Loan shot to the head of their comrade Lem in war time,I'm sure that many American pilots did not alive to fabricate how they were tortured in Hanoi -Hinton.They will shot immediately them when they saw them too.

[PassionateGoth]

They were'nt treated like that till after the're was peace talks in Paris, France. That allowed the American POWs to have better living conditions.

[OlenkaWagner]

"The ones who definitely don't believe it are those who tortured American POWs." - but they are unlikely to share their knowledge with other people...

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

Of course. Every country likes to hide dirty secrets.

[OlenkaWagner]

Interesting example of propaganda. Do people in Vietnam believe in this propaganda?

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

Probably most believe it. The ones who definitely don't believe it are those who tortured American POWs.

Let's face it---if Americans fall for this BS, then surely citizens of the communist country spouting the propaganda believe it.

[daFattylover]

IF americans believe this they need a labotomy.

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

@daFattylover Many Americans and all other nationalities believe what officials tell them. We want to believe.

[caravaggio31]

@endsOFearthDOTCOM No, who believes in propaganda is the american people.

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

@caravaggio31 Yes, I agree that Americans buy into propaganda. So do the citizens of every other country. Gullibility has nothing to do with nationality. It is part of the human condition and most people buy into nicely manufactured videos without a second thought.

[Ninelon]

Its interesting how you speaking here, because you bielive to your propoganda!!!!

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

Ninelon, I don't understand your comment. Please clarify. All countries produce propaganda, and this is certainly propaganda. Like I say, the only groups who definitely do NOT fall for this nonsense are those who did the torturing and were tortured...because they know the truth.