Democrats and the Killing Fields - WSJ.com
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Democrats and the Killing Fields
Most people have never heard of Operation Frequent Wind, which ended on April 30, 1975, 33 years ago. But every American has seen pictures of it: the Marine helicopters evacuating the last U.S. personnel from the embassy in Saigon, hours before communist tanks rolled into the city. Thousands of desperate Vietnamese gathered at the embassy gate and begged to be taken with them. Others committed suicide.
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Pretty chilling article about vietnam and some comparisons to Iraq. While the situation might not end up the same in Iraq, especially since we have made Iraq a better stronger place than south vietnam was, the situation wasnt the same a few years ago, when a civil war was more possible. Still, the US is still keeping Iran from being even more of an influence in Iraq, and I wonder how things would turn out if we retreat.