War Remnants Museum, HCMC, Vietnam.

Communists tend to be a straightforward lot - their communications tend to swing between aggressive on one hand, didactic on the other. So it was a surprise to see irony in full display at the War Remnants Museum in Saigon.

Next to several panels of American soldiers oppressing ordinary Vietnamese civilians...

was this display-

The War Remnants Museum is an exhibit showcasing the equipment the Americans left behind after the war, as well as a lot of other more grisly relics.

Images © Mike Aquino, licensed to About.com.

Edited to change "Hanoi" to "Saigon". Hey, I wrote the blog entry at one frickin' AM in the morning, what more do you want!?