- In 1975, President Ford was left to manage the
difficult ending of the Vietnam War. President Ford went to Congress for a
relief package to allow American personnel and our allies to evacuate.
However, there was ONE U.S. SENATOR who opposed any such support. The result was the
embarrassing and hurried evacuation from the roof of the American embassy
in Saigon. This senator reveled in the embarrassment and did everything he
could to leverage it politically against Ford. Despite the efforts of this
U.S Senator, President Ford managed to rescue 1,500 South Vietnamese
allies prior to the country's fall. Had President Ford not acted quickly,
these people would have been targeted and slaughtered for their support
for America. When they arrived in America, President Ford asked Congress
for a package to assist these refugees to integrate into American society.
That SAME troublesome SENATOR TORPEDOED ANY SUPPORT for these shell
shocked, anti-communist, Americans and our helpers, the refugees. Instead,
President Ford had to recruit Christian organizations to offer assistance
on a voluntary basis. As he did so, the Senator belittled those efforts. What
kind of person would oppose President Ford's tireless work to do the right
and humanitarian thing? Who would want to play politics with the
well-being of innocent people who stood by America in the tragic Vietnam
War? THAT
SENATOR WAS JOE BIDEN
From the book - "When the
Center Held." by Donald Rumsfel
1 comment:
He will never cease to disgust me. Has he done ANYthing good for humanity? Anything?
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