Subject: Vietnam War Relief Package – – –

ONE FOR HISTORY BUFFS THAT I BET YOU DID NOT KNOWIn 1975, President Ford was left to manage the difficult ending of the Vietnam War. President Ford went to Congress for a relief package to allow American personneland our allies to evacuate.However, there was ONE US SENATOR who opposed any such support. The result was the embarrassing and hurried evacuation from the roof of the American embassy in SaigonThis senator reveled in the embarrassment and did everything he could to leverage it politically against Ford. Despite the efforts of this U.S. Senator–President Ford managed to rescue 1,500 South Vietnamese allies prior to the country’s fall. Had President Ford not acted quickly, these people would have been targeted and slaughtered for their support for America . When they arrived in America , President Ford asked Congress for a package to assist these refugees to integrate into American society.That SAME troublesome SENATOR TORPEDOED ANY SUPPORTfor these shell shocked, anti-communist, Americans and our helpers, the refugees.Instead, President Ford had to recruit Christian organizations to offer assistance on a voluntary basis. As he did so, the Senator belittled those efforts.What kind of person would oppose President Ford’s tireless work to do the right and humanitarian thing? Who would want to play politics with the well-being of innocent people who stood by America in the tragic Vietnam War?THAT SENATOR WAS JOE BIDEN
From the book – “When the Center Held.” by Donald Rumsfeld in 2018.(biography)“If ever the time should come, when vain & aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”— Samuel Adams