If anyone wants read further on how some Lao or how some Hmongs feel
about this whole situation, there are two forums in Google;

one is soc.culture.laos
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.laos?lnk=li

and one is soc.culture.hmong.
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.hmong?lnk=lr

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone