I don’t think Washington’s ghouls would be saying these kind of things if Vietnam didn’t matter to them. As far as the US is concerned, any independent nation that could be a regional/ global power is a threat by default.
Even just a country existing independently by themselves is already enough for them to do whatever they can to demonize and attack them as such an independent country will be a symbol of hope for other countrries wanting the same.
https://www.reuters.com/world/yellen-says-us-ties-with-vietnam-dont-require-it-sever-ties-with-russia-china-2024-06-20/
https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2023/10/can-vietnam-help-america-counter-china.html
I don’t think Washington’s ghouls would be saying these kind of things if Vietnam didn’t matter to them. As far as the US is concerned, any independent nation that could be a regional/ global power is a threat by default.
Even just a country existing independently by themselves is already enough for them to do whatever they can to demonize and attack them as such an independent country will be a symbol of hope for other countrries wanting the same.