SAIGON 2

CAL THPMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 18, 2021

         HE’S BEING CALLED THE NEVILLE CHAMBERLIAN OF OUR TIME, WEAK, A LOSER, A LIAR…AND WORSE.

         DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE CRITICISING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR THE WAY HE HAS HANDLED

TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN. THE SCENES PLASTERED OVER OUR TV SCREENS REMIND US

OF SAIGON IN 1975, THOUGH BIDEN CLAIMED JUST DAYS AGO THIS WOULD NOT BE ANOTHER SAIGON.

         IT ISN’T THE WITHDRAWAL SO MUCH AS THE WAY IT WAS DONE…QUICKLY AND WITHOUT THE PROPER SUPPORT THAT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO HOLD THE TALIBAN AT BAY. WE HAVE TROOPS IN SOUTH

KOREA KEEPING THE NORTH FROM INVADING THE SOUTH. WE HAD TROOPS IN EASTERN EUROPE WHO

DETERRED RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. IT’S A NASTY WORLD AND WHILE THE U.S. HAS ALWAYS TOYED WITH

ISOLATIONISM, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WHICH WILL WORK IN MODERN TIMES.

         IT DOESN’T MEAN WE ARE THE POLICEMEN OF THE WORLD. IT DOES MEAN AMERICA MUST KEEP ITS

PROMISES OR THE WORLD WILL TAKE NOTICE AND BECOME EVEN MORE HOSTILE TOWARD US AND NOT

TRUST US ANYMORE. THIS HAS BEEN A DISASTER AND WE WILL PAY A MUCH HIGHER PRICE THAN WE’VE

ALREADY PAID. I’M CAL THOMAS.

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