LewWaters
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 Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:54 am Post subject: How the Loss of Vietnam Echoes in Politics Today |
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Placed here as Kerry's role back then is prominently mentioned.
| Quote: | How the Loss of Vietnam Echoes in Politics Today Amid Our Retreat in Mideast
By SETH LIPSKY, From the New York Post | April 30, 2015
Could it be that two generations from now our grandchildren are going to be watching a documentary about the consequences of America’s retreat in the Middle East? That’s the question I am pondering this week on the 40th anniversary of the communist conquest of Indochina.
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After Kerry got out of the Navy, he actually met with the Viet Cong in Paris, while they were still making war against us. He acknowledged this himself when, in an appearance before the Senate, he testified against our own GIs.
In that testimony, he and a leading anti-war senator, George Aiken of Vermont, joked about the betrayal that was brewing. “Do you believe the North Vietnamese would seriously undertake to impede our complete withdrawal?” Aiken asked.
“No, I do not believe that the North Vietnamese would, and it has been clearly indicated at the Paris peace talks they would not,” Kerry kvelled.
“Do you think they might help carry the bags for us?” the senator asked, provoking laughter.
“I would say they would be more prone to do that than the army of the South Vietnamese,” Kerry responded. This time not only to laughter but also to applause in the face of the danger that in an American retreat millions would be doomed. |
Read full article at the link above.
Sadly, Kerry once again plays an even bigger role today as Secretary of State dealing with Iran and extremists in the Middle East.
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