How many people know that the Foreign Assistance Act of 1974 played a major role is killing millions of Vietnamese and Cambodian soldiers? I was doing some research and found this to be VERY interesting.

This is a terrible history of the Democratic party that they don't want you to know about. They used the Nixon scandal to cut off most of the aid to Vietnam and Cambodia!

In 1973, under President Nixon, the U.S. pulled out most of their forces from South Vietnam. In Jan, 1973 the U.S. signed the Paris Peace Accords, which officially ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace price for his efforts.

Thanks to Watergate, Nixon was a lame President with no power. The U.S promised financial and military aid to Vietnam. Well, the Democratic controlled Senate (controlled 54 seats) used Nixon's lame status to pass the Foreign Assistance Act of 1974 cutting off aid to Vietnam and Cambodia.

What did this act do?

This act ensured the deaths of millions of Vietnamese and Cambodian citizens. While the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam, South Vietnam was still capable of defending itself for almost two years. That was until the Democratic controlled Senate cut off almost all funding to the South Vietnamese while China and Russia increased funding and military aid to North Vietnam. South Vietnam never stood a chance after their aid was cut off.

The result? 1.7 million Cambodians and several million South Vietnamese death.

Why am I writing this? Because Democrats are doing this AGAIN!

Democrats every day are asking us to pull out before the Iraqi government is ready. This is the first step. Then when the insurgency in Iraq waits for us to leave, they have a great chance of overthrowing the government and starting a civil war in Iraq. After we leave, we will NOT go back in, even if MILLIONS of Iraqis are slaughtered much like the killing fields of Cambodia where 1/5 of their population was executed. If the U.S. pulls out and millions of Iraqis are slaughtered, who will go in to stop the mass genocide? The U.S.? NO! Europe? NO! The U.N.? Yeah right!

It is amazing to me that the Democratic party tries to stand for peace, when they actually stand for defeat. JFK got us into the war and LBJ escalated it. Both Democrats. Nixon got us out, but due to a stupid mistake (Watergate), Democrats weakened him and passed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1974, completely cutting off Vietnam and Cambodia from any aid. Was the Watergate scandal worth the deaths of millions?

Shame on the Democratic party to compare Iraq to Vietnam! The Democratic party got us in, escalated the war and then cut off all aid to Vietnam and Cambodia, thus ensuring over 2 million deaths.

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Or we could spend the billions and billions of Iraq War dollars on some freakin' alternate fuel source research... hmm, good idea?

Yes, I am throwing out the "War For Oil" flag here. :p

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Pretty deep stuff, even for our unique forum. I'll be surprised if we raise many hackles with this one. I'm more of the "Deer in the headlights group", like George Bush. Generally, when a C average guy, like George and I, get in an important position, we can rely on the incredible knowledge available in our government "think tank". But, unfortunately, the tank may be running on empty. I just don't understand how we can recover anytime soon. Prediction: we will bail out within a year. Gracefully? Maybe on the surface. Developments in other areas will cause it to be inevitable.

I went to Foreign Assistance (MAP) school once. What they taught years ago is probably not far from what they teach now. Don't believe that the world is waiting to become like us, nor that it is our obligation to try to make them see things our way. Our way may work well for us, but others may have an entirely different idea of what they see as a desirable way to run a country.
There is a Korean saying," Remove the fire from your own foot first". There is another one I like; "Never follow an empty wagon, for nothing will ever fall off." helping others is still commendable, if you can do it without making a middleman rich in the process. As I get older I think minding your own business makes a lot of sense.

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Or we could spend the billions and billions of Iraq War dollars on some freakin' alternate fuel source research... hmm, good idea?

I am 100% for alternative fuels, but right now, how do you:

1. Get to work?
2. Fly to visit families?
3. Heat your home?

The fact is our economy runs on oil NOW. I hear people claim, "No War for Oil!" Then they drive away in their SUV, get home and turn on their oil-heater. Some of the biggest complainers are the ones that drive the least fuel efficient cars. Go look at the biggest polluters and you will find they live in LA, Miami and New York, the biggest Democratic strong holds. They biggest complainers are Democrats and they are the biggest polluters and users of oil based energy!

If I were President I would force Ethanol to be the major fuel alternative and make the Middle East obsolete. The U.S. should invest billions in Ethanol technology. Then we could be the world's number #1 energy maker in the world as no one can grow corn like us!

Here is some breaking news. Ethanol will still cost money, it is not free! It will even cost more money than oil in the beginning as it replaces oil.

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I totally agree that the transition from oil to alternate fuel sources will be difficult, but all progress is.

The facts will always remain the same in the oil problem and that is, a lot of politicians today are rich off oil in some way, shape, or form. A lot of lobbying is done for oil companies who in turn give that extra support in times of need for the congressman, house, senate.. whatever. The problem is while these types are lining their pockets with our hardearned dollars, the average American is trying to decide whats more important, food or energy.

-Ghost

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I had a Cadillac which I sold before coming to Korea. It used only Hi Test Gas, and the book said "DO NOT USE ETHANOL IN THIS ENGINE".

Now Brazil has a car that can use either, and was made due to their Sugar Cane fuel. The US manufacturers are looking at that. We can grow Corn, but we are gas hogs for sure. It will be a time of transition. SUV's will die. Sell yours now!