Western diplomats offer rotten climate carrot, and wield broken sanctions stick

Desmond D'Sa, Patrick Bond — 2022-12-27T09:04:53Z

In 1965, Ho Chi Minh described U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's half-baked $1 billion gift to the Vietnamese – and simultaneous threat of endless bombing – as a “rotten carrot and broken stick.” The National Liberation Front's aim was to achieve full-fledged sovereignty in a unified country by defeating the world's most powerful army, an awesome task yet one completed within a decade (though at the cost of two million dead compatriots and 50,000 brutal U.S. invaders).

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Western diplomats offer rotten climate carrot, and wield broken sanctions stick