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Exhausted Yet?

In Vietnam, we promised American sympathizers (Montagnards) that we would protect them . . . and then we left.

In Iraq/Syria, we promised American sympathizers (Kurds) that we would protect them . . . and then we left.

In Afghanistan, we promised American sympathizers that we would also protect them . . . and then we left.

Winston Churchill said “Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing . . . after they have exhausted all other possibilities.”

I wonder if the Montagnards and the Kurds and the Afghans would agree with Churchill?