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Once in power, the Pathet Lao economically cut its ties to all its neighbors (including China) with the exception of the DRV and signed a treaty of friendship with Hanoi. The treaty allowed the Vietnamese to station soldiers within Laos and to place advisors throughout the government and economy. For many years after, Laos was effectively ruled by Vietnam.
After the American withdrawal from Vietnam (1975) the war was openly considered a geopolitical disaster. The botched operation in Laos was barely mentioned, as people attempted to keep Vietnam in the past. With the citizen's help, the American troops were able to come home from "Nam". The 30,000-plus Hmong who assisted the Americans were not so lucky. Considered a group of "traitors" by their government as well as the Communist Vietcong, the former Hmong soldiers and their descendants began being exterminated. They fled into the mountains as many of them were hunted down and killed. Reports of the Hmong people being mutilated, raped, and tortured have continued with reports being as recent as October 2004 (Since then, only one nknown journalist has gone into the mountains to obtain the tragedy on film). The United
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▲**Aftermath**
▲After the American withdrawal from Vietnam (1975) the war was openly considered a geopolitical disaster. The botched operation in Laos was barely mentioned, as people attempted to keep Vietnam in the past. With the citizen's help, the American troops were able to come home from "Nam". The 30,000-plus Hmong who assisted the Americans were not so lucky. Considered a group of "traitors" by their government as well as the Communist Vietcong, the former Hmong soldiers and their descendants began being exterminated. They fled into the mountains as many of them were hunted down and killed. Reports of the Hmong people being mutilated, raped, and tortured have continued with reports being as recent as October 2004 (Since then, only one nknown journalist has gone into the mountains to obtain the tragedy on film). The United N and American government have done little to nothing to assist the families of those who helped the Americans during the Vietnam War. The estimated Hmong population of descendants of those soldiers is estimated at 10,000, mostly women and children.
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