Fifty Years After Saigon: Remembering the Nobility of a Betrayed Cause

Rod Martin Report ^ | 30 Apr 2025 | Rod Martin

[Chainmail]

Actually, it was more astonishing than you know: our original plans were to hold perimeters around Danang and Saigon and evacuate 2 million people. Everyone who helped us or just need to get away.

As the time got shorter, it was obvious that Danang has fallen and we were limited to Saigon and the powers-that-be cut back our aims and we ended up with only 20,000 evacuees.

The key part of the Left's campaign was realized when they got Nixon out - when he was removed, the NVA knew that a massive offensive like the Easter offensive would be successful because this time, Nixon wouldn't be there to bomb the crap out of them. It sure didn't help that a pro-enemy Congress cut back the aid to our ally, South Vietnam.

[Chainmail]

Precisely. The Left worked with our enemies from the beginning, running a commuter service to Hanoi and back while they coordinated an "antiwar" movement. It was really a pro-enemy movement from the start but the dullards who supported it thought it was about "peace".

Can you imagine what would have happened if anyone carried the Nazi or Japanese flags during WWII and chanted "Hitler (or Hirohito) is going to win"?