america will somehow lose credibility, and honor by leaving anyone behind in afghanistan, who help the american forces in any way, over the last 20 years. forget that america already lost that credibility, on april 30th 1975. on the last american helicopter left vietnam, leaving behind thousands of people who helped the u.s. forces during the vietnam war. and, leaving behind, by mistake, in a saigon hospital, the bodies of the last two soldiers killed in action in vietnam, who were killed by rocket fire while the evacuation was going on. the world knew then, that america, will give up on multi decade war, when it gets tired of fighting in losing that war. and that the united states, will try to get as many people out, of that country, as possible, but it will always look like this. and we will always leave people behind.
been in direct contact with approximately 500 additional americans and provided specific instructions on how to get to the airport safely. people who suggest that america will somehow lose credibility and honor by leaving anyone behind in afghanistan who helped the american forces in any way over the last 20 years forget that america already lost that credibility on april 30th, 1975, when the last american helicopter left vietnam, leaving behind thousands of people who helped the u.s. forces during the vietnam war, and leaving behind by mistake in a saigon hospital the bodies of the last two soldiers killed in action in vietnam who were killed by rocket fire while the evacuation was going on. the world knew then that america will give up on a multi-decade war when it gets tired of fighting and losing that war,
is going to go right back to where it was on september ten, 2001? i am concerned. the american people have been kept safe. we have not had a foreign terror attack in the united states. in that sense, and our time afghanistan was a success. i don t think the taliban can be trusted. they are saying some nice things these days, but i don t think they can be trusted, and i am concerned that we won t have a strong presence in the country to understand what s going on. john: in terms of the pullout, april 30th 1975, the fall of saigon was and the cg that in president biden s face. the spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry, this is manifestly not saigon, turned it background on him, tweeting this is manifestly not saigon, but it certainly appears to be.
attack. they were in vietnam to help manage the final desperate exit. they were there to protect the people trying to get on those final helicopters they might have been on that final helicopter on april 30th 1975 if they had lived just one more day. it s a day after charlie mcmahon and darwin judge were killed in action, the last american helicopter left side gone and left their bodies behind. in a hospital. in saigon. it was a mistake, it was the kind of mistake the american military can make in a situation like that. the american military did not just leave behind friendly interpreters in vietnam, they did not just leave interpreters who helped reporters in vietnam, they did not just leave many friendly allies and vietnam to
kerry s family question in his senate testimony as a vietnam veteran against the war, how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? it turns out, there were two men, charles mcmahon and darwin judge, hit by the same rocket attack. they were in vietnam to help manage the final desperate exit. they were there to protect the people trying to get on those final helicopters. they might have been on that final helicopter on april 30th, 1975, if they had lived just one more day. the day after charlie mcmahon and darwin judge were killed in action, the last american helicopter left saigon. and left their bodies behind. in a hospital in saigon.