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Originally Posted by bushmaster11
In the course of history, The US has been a staunch ally.As an older SF, I remember Viet Nam and our montagnard partners. We, the entire 5th Group benefited from the total support from each tribe. We knew it was wrong and tried to make it right in our own way. The Kurds are no different. They are a minority who just want to be left alone. We armed them, trained them and led them then our government betrayed them. Like 45 years ago, we bailed on them. No, the SF community did not bail, but the United States did led by a corrupt leader with power to spare. How can a Secretary of State, a West Point graduate break their code - "I will not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do"
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We South Africans also felt the sharp serpents tooth of American betrayal when the US encouraged us to start war in Angola to curb Cuban and Russian influence there, only to be dropped shortly thereafter when the US withdrew its material and personnell support leaving us to fight the good fight against the Communists.
It didnt end terribly for us. The Berlin Wall fell, the Russians and Cubans went home and Namibia and South Africa transitioned to deeply flawed African democracies instead of disaterous African-Communist dictatorships