Talk:Ly Tong/Comments
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The article on the Vietnamese-American dissident Ly Tong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ly_Tong) is surprisingly very well written. It's a surprise since most articles on Vietnamese-American anti-communist figures are normally written in poor English and are full of anti-communist slogans and idioms that have been clumsily translated from the Vietnamese.
The writer of the Ly Tong article wrote it in an articulate style commonly used in American journalism and obviously made an effort to make it sound neutral and objective. However, one can still detect that it's meant as a pro-Ly Tong piece and one designed to further his cause. All referenced materials and links listed are pro-Ly Tong in nature and anti-communist. A neutral and objective article should list sources from both sides of the argument.
I invite readers and Wikipedia staff to read the article and to comment as to its objectivity. Ly Tong, for whatever his political beliefs, did committed major crimes in the US, Thailand and Vietnam. To use force to take over civil aircraft (hijacking) and then to violate the airspace of any sovereign country are criminal acts that must be condemned and punished, especially in the post 9-11 era.
Can we imagine what would have happened if someone hijacked a Canadian plane and then proceeded to cross into US airspace, heading for New York or Washington? It would have been shot down in good order and justifiably so. Back in the Reagan era, it might have deemed heroic and even cute to commit such acts as long as they were against communist countries. In the post 9/11 era, any endorsement of a terrorist-like behavior is dangerous and must be condemned by all Americans and people around the world.
