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Saturday, 30 April 2005

The Fall of Saigon

Filed under: History |


On this day in 1975, North Vietnamese troops entered the capital of South Vietnam and captured it, ending a 29-year civil war.
It is also a sad day for America, as our august Congress essentially abandoned the South Vietnamese to their fate by refusing to fund their efforts to fight off the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. We evacuated our diplomatic and military personnel left there after the 1973 withdrawal of our troops, and took along what Vietnamese civilians we could (hence the photo).
Those on the left would have you believe that Iraq is another Vietnam (as they did with Desert Storm): “because of Vietnam we’re no good, we’re evil, all Communists and Islamists are good, blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda.”
To which I say, BS!

COMMENTS

I believe that, that very staircase is now located at the Ford Presidential Library.

DR, actually ...no.  That staircase is in John Kerri’s basement.  He was there in that picture helping the people.  Remember?

The BASEMENt???

Oh course and that wust have ben full that is where theLiberty Bell is missing from Independsce hall in Buenna Park (Knotts Berry Farm). it must be being melted down t rbuild the ones he tossed

OOHhhOOOHHH.... neend med check

cant see too well so gootta g0 oh crap

david 0l/
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Hmmm…

Don’t remember doing that.

Sorry.

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