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"The Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does a Westerner. Life is plentiful. Life is cheap in the Orient."

Where does he say that he does no values the life of the "Orientals"?

From his experiences in the war between north and south vietnam or the chinese invovement in Korea it certainly seems that local actors valued the life of their soldiers or civilians less than most western countries would have.

I do not think that this would have been disputed by Ho, Kim or Mao.




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