On the face of it, it is about a humanitarian cause. bombs and mines left over from the Viet Nam war have left an appalling trail of suffering in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. The United States deserves some criticism for this and the world must do what it can to help victims and clean up the mess.
But, once again, RTE documentary programming will be focusing on victims of American foreign policy. The succession of such programs in recent years evokes sympathy for Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, leftist guerrillas in L:atin America, and now the neocommunist dictatorship in Laos.
