[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Sony Thang [@nxt888](/creator/twitter/nxt888) on x 76.2K followers Created: 2025-07-23 09:44:57 UTC Europe and Japan were rebuilt with billions in U.S. aid. Vietnam was bombed into the Stone Age, then punished for winning, embargoed for nearly XX years, and left to rebuild under blockade. No Marshall Plan. No access to global markets. Just craters, chemicals, and orphans. Most of the help came from the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Eastern Europe, countries with none of the wealth of the West, but all the solidarity. So don’t lecture me on rebuilding timelines. And don’t pretend you know what I "brought" with me. You didn’t give me anything. I took what I needed. And gave it back tenfold. XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [countries](/topic/countries) [cuba](/topic/cuba) [billions](/topic/billions) [japan](/topic/japan) [$6758t](/topic/$6758t) [sony](/topic/sony) [Post Link](https://x.com/nxt888/status/1947956090857197871)
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Sony Thang @nxt888 on x 76.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-23 09:44:57 UTC
Europe and Japan were rebuilt with billions in U.S. aid.
Vietnam was bombed into the Stone Age, then punished for winning, embargoed for nearly XX years, and left to rebuild under blockade.
No Marshall Plan. No access to global markets. Just craters, chemicals, and orphans.
Most of the help came from the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Eastern Europe, countries with none of the wealth of the West, but all the solidarity.
So don’t lecture me on rebuilding timelines.
And don’t pretend you know what I "brought" with me.
You didn’t give me anything.
I took what I needed. And gave it back tenfold.
XXXXX engagements
