Mr. Topping also said, "If the American people had more information about the war in Indochina and that the French effort was not succeeding, and the considerable amount of corruption, the American people might have taken a stand against our involvement at that point".
Second, the public expressed considerable unhappiness with major corruption scandals in the state's shipbuilding company Vinashin and the shipping line Vinalines and with rising inflation and declining economic growth rates.
Even some units from the US-trained and equipped Iraqi army collapsed under IS attack - although this force had been hollowed out to a considerable extent by the corruption and favouritism of the regime of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.
"Ever since we started engaging our Chinese colleagues in business, transparency has crashed, and that is causing considerable concern vis-a-vis corruption and its potential implications with regards to governance problems," Githongo said.
"The prizes for successful gambling can be very great, and the scope for corruption is therefore considerable.
"Xi Jinping is under considerable pressure, because his anti-corruption campaign certainly has hurt a lot of vested interests," Cheng said.
But nobody disputes that all the Central Asian countries have a considerable problem.A legacy of graftIn part, corruption in the Caspian is a legacy of the old Soviet regime.
Chen Shui-bian was convicted by zealous prosecution on corruption charges and with considerable judicial irregularity.
Despite considerable resentment concerning the extreme wealth gap, corruption, and the 26% unemployment rate in the country, public protests occurred sporadically and dissipated quickly upon police intervention.
The scale of defense spending makes the scope for kickbacks considerable, and increases the need for vigilance against corruption.
