If we owe it to anyone we owe it to the Hmong. They allied with the Americans in the war and fought hard and well for US. When we abandoned them they suffered terribly and still are persecuted by the governments in Laos and Viet Nam.
"If we owe it to anyone we owe it to the Hmong. They allied with the Americans in the war and fought hard and well for US"
Apparently some Americans either don't realize this, or they have forgotten. Where do you think much of the intel came from? Do you think that the US just up and decided one day to allow some uheard of tribe such as the Hmong people immigrate to the US for the hell of it?
Part of the reason that the Hmong people are allowed to take refugee status in Thailand is because of this. The other part is because the Thais never refuse anyone.