Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
They also alone know how many we've abandoned. We left Korea -- and we owe a lot of Koreans who did what we asked. We left Viet Nam -- and we owe a lot of Viet Namese (and Laotians) who did more than we asked. We left The Kurds in '96, we left the Iraqi Shia in 91 (and wonder why they do not love us... ). One could say we also abandoned the Afghans in '88. In fact, we've abandoned a lot of folks a lot of places over the years.

We need to stop doing that, it breeds hate and discontent. The Gods may be the only ones with an accurate count of abandonees -- but most of the World has a broad idea.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Ken, I'm glad you're around.