Wednesday, August 18, 2021

This is not Saigon 1975

Although US involvement in the Vietnam War had officially ended two years earlier with the Paris Peace Accords, the final scenes in Saigon were one more reminder of how utterly disastrous the entire operation had been. The lives lost, the families ruined, the money spent, the shattered standing of America overseas had all been for nothing. As Americans were evacuated from the Saigon on helicopters, this moment was the final humiliation for a nation that had stood proud after defeating the global threat of fascism during World War II.

source https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/opinions/saigon-afghanistan-biden-withdrawal-zelizer/index.html
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Russian authorities detain suspect over St. Petersburg cafe blast

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