Questioning pullback from Afghanistan

On January 3, 1973, 30-year-old Joe Biden got elected for the first time to the United States (US) Senate. On January 27, 1973, just 24 days later, a face-saving “Agreement on Ending the War and restoring Peace in Vietnam” was signed with full knowledge among the belligerent parties of what was inevitable. This sham “peace accord” enabled the battle-weary US troops to withdraw and the last troops were airlifted on April 30, 1975 — later that day, the US ally in southern Vietnam capitulated and its leader Thieu was left fuming: “The US did not keep its promise to help us fight for freedom.

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