In The Text Of This (para-quoted) Speech In Vietnam, Has President Bush Abandoned American Principles?

U. S. President George W. Bush (2nd L),
who is attending the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) summit, meets Vietnam’s
President Nguyen Minh Triet (2nd R) at the
presidential palace in Hanoi November 17, 2006.
“Much like Iraq, Vietnam has shown that
our former enemy is now our friend. We ultimately
achieved our goal – a stable, capitalist government
that [...]