“I have seen the pictures,” Nui said to Mitterschmidt. “The Americans are like the old Gestapo before Germany was liberated. Their MPs beat people. Always! Everyone! The poor people of Saigon are bui doi—how to say it? They are dust. Orphans. The Americans stick the girls then throw them on the street and run them down with their trucks. When we bring the communal state, they will have the most beautiful lives. Americans, humph! They treat their dogs better than their wives. Ech! Ha! But in Laos, ha! they ran like beaten dogs with their tails stuck in their asses. What a disgrace. They should not be called soldiers. I am a soldier. We fight them. Danh cho den cuoi! Fight to the finish! They are...sadists. Yes? Sadists. Beat women! Torture children! Ah, but the glorious victories of the Peo
