Quote Originally Posted by sbskico1
The protests of the 60s-70s did help stop the war, which saved lives.......but when the Americans left many, many people were killed, raped, and tortured.....one of the sad realities of life...and politics..I guess
Of course...I was young when saigon fell...but I have watched actual footage of the airlifts from the rooftops when the north was closing in and it was just heartbreaking..and all the children that was seperated from their parents because the children were airlifted out as quickly as possible but no room for their parents....but who did we have to save the children and women when England ruled..America stood on her own basically so....as you said...realities and politics...same thing happened between the war of states here..when the yankess helped"liberate" the slaves..seems that the part of them also raping southern women and killing children have been totally "forgotten" in the teachings of that war...can happen anywhere...anytime...and yes it is sad to me..very sad...