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he’d like to prove this article, which talks about Ex. vice president, as he is
Ex-senator of the American Government when he was approved Foreign Assonance
Act in 1963, but now says Ex Biden no obligation for the Southern Officers of
the Vietnam War of the Republic of Vietnam - so the article’s saying : 'The US
has no obligation': Biden fought to keep Vietnamese refugees out of the US -
Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic presidential front-runner, and advocate of
large-scale immigration, once tried to block the evacuation of tens of
thousands of South Vietnamese refugees who had helped the United States during
the Vietnam War.
he’d like to prove this article, which talks about Ex. vice president, as he is
Ex-senator of the American Government when he was approved Foreign Assonance
Act in 1963, but now says Ex Biden no obligation for the Southern Officers of
the Vietnam War of the Republic of Vietnam - so the article’s saying : 'The US
has no obligation': Biden fought to keep Vietnamese refugees out of the US -
Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic presidential front-runner, and advocate of
large-scale immigration, once tried to block the evacuation of tens of
thousands of South Vietnamese refugees who had helped the United States during
the Vietnam War.
As a senator,
the future vice president, now 76, was adamant that the U.S. had "no
obligation, moral or otherwise, to evacuate foreign nationals," dismissing
concerns for their safety as the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong swept
south toward Saigon in 1975.
the future vice president, now 76, was adamant that the U.S. had "no
obligation, moral or otherwise, to evacuate foreign nationals," dismissing
concerns for their safety as the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong swept
south toward Saigon in 1975.
His position
was in stark contrast to the one he took nearly 30 years later over Iraqi and
Afghan interpreters who had worked withU.S.
people," his then top foreign policy adviser Tony Blinken said in 2012.
"We have a debt to these people. They put their lives on the line for theUnited States
was in stark contrast to the one he took nearly 30 years later over Iraqi and
Afghan interpreters who had worked with
people," his then top foreign policy adviser Tony Blinken said in 2012.
"We have a debt to these people. They put their lives on the line for the
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Biden said in
2015 that keeping Syrian refugees out of the U.S. would be a win for ISIS and
tweeted in 2017 that "we must protect, support, and welcome refugees"
to maintain the promise of America.
2015 that keeping Syrian refugees out of the U.S. would be a win for ISIS and
tweeted in 2017 that "we must protect, support, and welcome refugees"
to maintain the promise of America.
As South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the
Vietnam War in the spring of 1975, President Gerald Ford and theU.S. government undertook to evacuate thousands of
South Vietnamese families who had assisted theU.S.
leading voice in the Senate opposing this rescue effort was then-Sen. Joe
Biden.
Vietnam War in the spring of 1975, President Gerald Ford and the
South Vietnamese families who had assisted the
leading voice in the Senate opposing this rescue effort was then-Sen. Joe
Biden.
Hundreds of
thousands of South Vietnamese allies were in danger of recriminations from the
Communists, but Biden insisted that “theUnited States
evacuate one — or 100,001 — South Vietnamese.”
thousands of South Vietnamese allies were in danger of recriminations from the
Communists, but Biden insisted that “the
evacuate one — or 100,001 — South Vietnamese.”
In April
1975, Ford argued that, as the last American troops were removed from the
country, theU.S. should
evacuate the South Vietnamese who had helped theU.S.
1975, Ford argued that, as the last American troops were removed from the
country, the
evacuate the South Vietnamese who had helped the
“The United States
has had a long tradition of opening its doors to immigrants of all countries …
And we’ve always been a humanitarian nation,” Ford said. “We felt that a number
of these South Vietnamese had been very loyal to theUnited States
opportunity to live in freedom.”
has had a long tradition of opening its doors to immigrants of all countries …
And we’ve always been a humanitarian nation,” Ford said. “We felt that a number
of these South Vietnamese had been very loyal to the
opportunity to live in freedom.”
But Biden
objected and called for a meeting between the president and the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee to voice his objections to Ford’s funding request for these
efforts. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who led the meeting, told the
senators that “the total list of the people endangered inVietnam
“the irreducible list is 174,000.”
objected and called for a meeting between the president and the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee to voice his objections to Ford’s funding request for these
efforts. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who led the meeting, told the
senators that “the total list of the people endangered in
“the irreducible list is 174,000.”
Biden said U.S. allies should not be rescued: “We should
focus on getting them [theU.S.
troops] out. Getting the Vietnamese out and military aid for the GVN [South Vietnam
government] are totally different.”
focus on getting them [the
troops] out. Getting the Vietnamese out and military aid for the GVN [
government] are totally different.”
Kissinger
said there were “Vietnamese to whom we have an obligation,” but Biden
responded: “I will vote for any amount for getting the Americans out. I don’t
want it mixed with getting the Vietnamese out.”
said there were “Vietnamese to whom we have an obligation,” but Biden
responded: “I will vote for any amount for getting the Americans out. I don’t
want it mixed with getting the Vietnamese out.”
Ford was
upset with Biden’s response, believing that failing to evacuate the South
Vietnamese would be a betrayal of American values: “We opened our door to the
Hungarians … Our tradition is to welcome the oppressed. I don't think these
people should be treated any differently from any other people — the
Hungarians, Cubans, Jews from theSoviet Union .”
upset with Biden’s response, believing that failing to evacuate the South
Vietnamese would be a betrayal of American values: “We opened our door to the
Hungarians … Our tradition is to welcome the oppressed. I don't think these
people should be treated any differently from any other people — the
Hungarians, Cubans, Jews from the
The Senate
Foreign Relations Committee recommended that the bill be passed by the full
Senate by a vote of 14 to 3. Biden was one of just three senators on the
committee who voted nay. The conference report also passed the Senate as a
whole by a vote of 46-17, where Biden again voted against it.
Foreign Relations Committee recommended that the bill be passed by the full
Senate by a vote of 14 to 3. Biden was one of just three senators on the
committee who voted nay. The conference report also passed the Senate as a
whole by a vote of 46-17, where Biden again voted against it.
South Vietnamese who did not manage to escape the country were eventually sent
to reeducation camps, where they were often abused, tortured, or killed.
Julia Taft,
who headed theU.S.
Inter-Agency Task Force on Indochinese Refugee Resettlement in 1975, told NPR
in 2007 that the refugees should have been helped. “I mean, they'd worked with
us," she said. "They'd been translators. They'd been employees.
They'd been part of the South Vietnamese army, which was an ally, and just
general victims of the whole chaos.”
who headed the
Inter-Agency Task Force on Indochinese Refugee Resettlement in 1975, told NPR
in 2007 that the refugees should have been helped. “I mean, they'd worked with
us," she said. "They'd been translators. They'd been employees.
They'd been part of the South Vietnamese army, which was an ally, and just
general victims of the whole chaos.”
Despite
opposition from Biden, and from other leading Democrats at the time, the U.S.
military evacuated over 130,000 Vietnamese refugees in the immediate wake of
the collapse of South Vietnam, and hundreds of thousands more were resettled
inside the U.S. in the following years.
opposition from Biden, and from other leading Democrats at the time, the U.S.
military evacuated over 130,000 Vietnamese refugees in the immediate wake of
the collapse of South Vietnam, and hundreds of thousands more were resettled
inside the U.S. in the following years.
One of those
refugees was Quang Pham, who wrote a 2010 autobiography, A Sense of Duty: Our
Journey from Vietnam to America, about his escape to the U.S. in 1975 at the
age of 10 with his mother and his three sisters, aged 11, 6, and 2. His father,
a member of the South Vietnamese military, did not make it out with them and
spent over a decade in a reeducation camp before making it to the U.S. in 1992.
refugees was Quang Pham, who wrote a 2010 autobiography, A Sense of Duty: Our
Journey from Vietnam to America, about his escape to the U.S. in 1975 at the
age of 10 with his mother and his three sisters, aged 11, 6, and 2. His father,
a member of the South Vietnamese military, did not make it out with them and
spent over a decade in a reeducation camp before making it to the U.S. in 1992.
Speaking with
the Washington Examiner, Pham praised Ford for saving Vietnamese refugees such
as his family and criticized Democrats such as Biden for trying to keep them
out, saying, “When we needed help, I remember who helped us — and who didn’t.”
the Washington Examiner, Pham praised Ford for saving Vietnamese refugees such
as his family and criticized Democrats such as Biden for trying to keep them
out, saying, “When we needed help, I remember who helped us — and who didn’t.”
Pham, who
grew up in the U.S., joined the Marines and served in the First Gulf War, said,
"The Vietnamese refugees from 1975 had a lot of help from Americans who
lived near the refugee camps and from Vietnam vets who felt they had a debt to
help us. And I’m grateful for that."
grew up in the U.S., joined the Marines and served in the First Gulf War, said,
"The Vietnamese refugees from 1975 had a lot of help from Americans who
lived near the refugee camps and from Vietnam vets who felt they had a debt to
help us. And I’m grateful for that."
“When you
look at the biggest supporters ofVietnam
wasn’t Sen. Biden,” Pham said. “The people who wanted us weren’t necessarily
who you’d expect — the openness wasn’t coming from Democrats.”
look at the biggest supporters of
wasn’t Sen. Biden,” Pham said. “The people who wanted us weren’t necessarily
who you’d expect — the openness wasn’t coming from Democrats.”
Referring to
Biden, Pham said, “You have to look at foreign policy and humanitarianism. TheVietnam
refugee crisis was a big deal in 1975. Even if you were against the war, why
wouldn’t you support the refugees? Why wouldn’t you support the families and
women and children who were trying to escape?”
Biden, Pham said, “You have to look at foreign policy and humanitarianism. The
refugee crisis was a big deal in 1975. Even if you were against the war, why
wouldn’t you support the refugees? Why wouldn’t you support the families and
women and children who were trying to escape?”
“If we get
involved in wars, there will be refugees ... So we need to think about our
moral obligation to non-Americans, especially to our allies,” Pham said.
involved in wars, there will be refugees ... So we need to think about our
moral obligation to non-Americans, especially to our allies,” Pham said.
Asked whether
he thought it was fair to judge Biden based on his actions from 1975, Pham
replied, “As someone running for President, its part of his record, just like
everything else."
he thought it was fair to judge Biden based on his actions from 1975, Pham
replied, “As someone running for President, its part of his record, just like
everything else."
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leadership of the United States Congress is a great power, but he was mistaken
for the right enforcement of the American law and American Justice, so his life
is bankrupted by these wrongful actions why is why the American citizens who
are freely investing for what they want, but in contrast, the Southern people
and officers were discriminated by the American Government policies. When the
Government of the United States of America has pushed us to the Stone Age, the
American citizens have discovering Mars, high-technology, and civil society
which is why the Government of the United States of America has used the
Vietnamese people and the Republic of Vietnam Army in the war game.
leadership of the United States Congress is a great power, but he was mistaken
for the right enforcement of the American law and American Justice, so his life
is bankrupted by these wrongful actions why is why the American citizens who
are freely investing for what they want, but in contrast, the Southern people
and officers were discriminated by the American Government policies. When the
Government of the United States of America has pushed us to the Stone Age, the
American citizens have discovering Mars, high-technology, and civil society
which is why the Government of the United States of America has used the
Vietnamese people and the Republic of Vietnam Army in the war game.
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