As the North Vietnamese army approached Saigon, government and private relief organizations engaged in a massive humanitarian program to evacuate war orphans. The History Guy tells the forgotten history of a program that was well intended, but also flawed, reminding us that history can be complex.
VIDEO HERE (13:46 minutes)
History can indeed be complex.
ReplyDeleteBut one can learn from the repeated historical cycles, and (hopefully) avoid mistakes made in the past.
#1 Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
#2 Fight to win- a stalemate is not acceptable.
#3 Remember the Trojan Horse. And prepare accordingly.
Wasn’t Brock involved in this?
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That I don't know.
DeleteIf the Democrat controlled Congress had funded the South Vietnamese the way Nixon's deal was set, the NBA would never have gotten there.
DeleteDemocrats seize defeat from the jaws of victory every time.
Neither would the NVA... gotten there...
DeleteNVA, dammit.
DeleteI wonder if they were doing the same child-stealing back then that they do now.
ReplyDeleteI remember in school one year all of a sudden there were a bunch of Vietnamese kids...
ReplyDeleteIn early 1978 I met a Vietnamese man who had just arrived in the country to join his family whom he had gotten out in 1975. His story is told in the book “When Faith Endures” and it is a heck of a story. I recommend it whole heartedly.
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