As more and more such information comes out, the Clinton decision to normalizerelationswith Vietnam will inevitably be seen for what it is: the ultimate cover-up.
Years of mismanagement, coupled with a lack of access to international credit markets following a massive sovereign debt default in 2001 and failure to normalizerelationswith global creditors, have left the country a net oil importer in 2011.
Clinton said before traveling to Asia last week that if North Korea moved ahead with denuclearization, the United States would be prepared to normalizerelations and sign a peace treaty on the Korean Peninsula.
Moreover, Obama would expect the Palestinians and the wider Arab world to respond to Israel's move by taking steps to normalize their relationswith Israel.