Actually he is more of the Walk a mile in another mans shoes kind of guy but he shows more respect to my parents than he does to to me, he spent a year in Mongolia with the Peace Corps back in the mid 70's, he has his own opinions on Mongolia and China, funny how he thinks he is an expert.
Mongs/Hmongs ("Meios," interestingly called also) fought with us (and some other earlier colonial powers in Laos, Vietnam, etc.) Though there are some tribes in China they are far from "Mongolian" and more assc with far southern China, Laos, Vietnam, etc area. Like other persecuted groups (Montagnards) they often were recruited to "help out" us, and earlier, like French, because they were often Christian (or nominally so but often very much so- Catholic especially due to French missionaries) but also since the larger ethnic groups "in charge" considered them backwards and so often persecuted. And also, due to this, had knowledge of the mountains (he the name of the former) or rural areas where an insurgency, or counter-ones, is often best done.
I'm generally against much immigration but when you got folks that really helped you out, volunteered in large numbers, and hated commies I don't mind them coming in. Like, for example, the British for the loyal Malayans, the loyal in southern African countries and Kenya, and Gurhkas the veterans deserve right to emigrate, their pensions, etc but cause they fought the enemy, often with aplomb and bravery, and then often abandoned/abused by fellow countrymen once colonial forces "pulled out" and let the commies and natives take over.
