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From Saigon to Kabul: US foreign policy experts remember the past, but still repeat it

I watched the fall of Kabul on the CBS Evening News as I did the fall of Saigon in 1975. President Joe Biden, who must have watched it back then too, certainly remembers the American-Vietnam War (1965 ...
The National Interest on MSNOpinion

What Lessons Can Russia Learn from America’s Past Wars?

America’s bitter experiences in Vietnam and Afghanistan have shown that more soldiers does not always mean victory—and that ...
Arizona Daily Star

Letter: Saigon/Kabul

Saigon exit messier? Kabul is deja vu all over again. The United States was in both countries too long. Why was the United States in either? Both the wars in Viet Nam and Afghanistan were shams and ...
The National Interest

Remembering the Fall of Saigon Fifty Years Later

Experts reflect on the symbolism of Saigon’s fall, its strategic legacy, U.S.–Vietnam reconciliation, and parallels with Afghanistan—highlighting the enduring lessons of humility, adaptation, and ...
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The Fall Of Kabul Is Not Another Saigon, Princeton Historian Says

The chaotic images of the airlift in Kabul have brought forward comparisons to another evacuation from a losing war — in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1975. The Fall Of Kabul Is Not Another Saigon, Princeton ...
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A Saigon Refugee Draws Parallels Between The Fall Of Her Home City And Kabul

Politically, they are very different situations. Visually, you may see why some find similarities. A Saigon Refugee Draws Parallels Between The Fall Of Her Home City And Kabul The early images of the ...
The Pioneer on MSNOpinion

Taliban 2.0: The phoenix of Pashtun power

The Pashtun Taliban has risen like a phoenix: transformed from Mujahideen who pushed back the Soviets in 1979 to take power ...
Digital Journal

Kabul's fall evokes painful memories for Vietnamese-Americans

Phat Bui and his family -- parents and eight siblings -- fled the advancing Vietcong in the 1970s - Copyright AFP Frederic J. BROWN Phat Bui and his family -- parents ...
AOL

People Who Fled Vietnam Are Reliving Their Trauma Watching The Fall Of Kabul

Thao-Nguyen Le hasn’t been able to stop thinking about Afghanistan. For Le, whose father was imprisoned by the communist government of Vietnam after the US pulled out of Saigon in 1975, the images of ...
Global Times

US’ complete collapse in 20-year Afghan war, a page of humiliation and proof of US failure in stretching arms to control, change others

After fighting the "longest war" in its history, the US is now witnessing a complete failure in Afghanistan, a country also known as "the Graveyard of Empires," which analysts have said is a "page of ...
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Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. The fall of the city marked the end of the South Vietnamese government and ...