Wrong. They were not set up. They failed because Joyce and Buchanan are blinded by arrogance, ignorance and love of their own reflections in the mill pond.
A two bit operation run by two bit managers which ended in tears.
Don't be fooled by the Vietnamese, had an endless tsunami of greenbacks flooded their shoreline the entire exercise would not have turned into the steaming pile it became.
To say there was some kind of 'set up' is wrong. However, to say there was a couple of 'fall guys' is correct. Somebody at the end of the day was going to pay the piper and we all know now who the sacrificial lambs were. Those two youngsters tossed a coin and lost. It is standard business practice to groom, mentor and mold up and coming potential managers. That's what happened with 'dumb and dumber' in their career. But the final test is when the 'organisation' sends the potential future executives out in the field to prove their worth! Thats what happened with these two, but they failed dismally. Had they succeeded they likely would have spent another year or two in the third world before being summoned back to AUS in a plum role on top dollar. That's
how the game is played.
Were dumb and dumber deliberately set up by The Rat or the powered to be in Vietnam? NO. Were dumb and dumber the fall guys, hell yeah. It's called welcome to playing in the big kids sandpit kiddies.