The Fall of Kabul 2021 Reminds Me of the Fall of Saigon-1975

For those not born or too young to remember, the swift and unexpected fall of Kabul and the hasty evacuation of Americans from the American embassy in Kabul remind me of the also tragic 1975 fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese and the hasty exit of Americans by helicopter from the American embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam. That 1975 image of Americans desperately climbing on the American helicopter (see photo) represented the failure and weakness of America in Southeast Asia and in the world. The rapid failure of the Afghan Army and the rapid success of the Taliban and the equally hasty retreat and evacuation of American embassy staff (see photo) represent the failure of America in Afghanistan and the utter failure of Biden and his administration in planning and properly executing the withdrawal of Americans and Afghan American allies from this war-torn region.