Wednesday, March 29, 2006
This Day in History
On this day in 1973, the last American ground troops left Viet Nam. Not exactly a defeat (at that point) because we had signed a peace treaty, but we had clearly grown tired of the war and wanted out. South Viet Nam was in reasonably good military shape and they defeated a determined North Viet Nam invasion thereafter, with our Air Force's help. The real betrayal came two years later when we, because of the back stabbing Democrats in Congress, did not provide air cover or even resupply when North Viet Nam invaded again, this time successfully. That transmuted our withdrawal with a slightly tarnished honor into a undeniable defeat.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:36 AM 
