Sound Familiar?

From A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.

Except for the minority who had specific grievances against local officials of the regime, the peasants were simply responding to whichever side...was dominant at the moment. What all Asian peasants wanted most...was peace and security in which to till their land. They did not care whether those who established the law and order were Communists or capitalists.

Nothing ever changes.