Saigon fell, 50 years ago; What if the South had prevailed, like in Korea?

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Saigon fell, 50 years ago; What if the South had prevailed, like in Korea?

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 29, 2025 The tides of history, the tears of remembrance. Fifty years ago, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese military units surged into Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, forcibly reuniting the country, thus ending twenty years of conflict. Scenes of the North Vietnamese T-54 tanks crashing […]

Memorial Day 2023: ‘Wake up’ and remember our fallen heroes who sacrificed for this moment

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Memorial Day 2023: ‘Wake up’ and remember our fallen heroes who sacrificed for this moment

Special to WorldTribune.com By John McNabb, May 28, 2023 [Editor’s Note: Columnist John McNabb chronicles an America that many fear has receded in the nation’s rear-view mirror and could vanish entirely. We join in paying tribute this Memorial Day to those who did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for Freedom, future generations and those […]

Henry Kissinger and the post-Vietnam War legacy of U.S. military defeat

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Henry Kissinger and the post-Vietnam War legacy of U.S. military defeat

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, May 23, 2023 The following by WorldTribune.com columnist Don Kirk, originally appeared in The Hill. The defeat of the American-equipped, American-advised South Vietnamese forces in the first four months of 1975 invites comparisons to today’s American support for Ukraine against Russian invasion. In contrast to the approval of vast amounts of aid provided thus […]

May 30, 2022: America will remain free only if we follow their example

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May 30, 2022: America will remain free only if we follow their example

Special to WorldTribune.com By John McNabb, May 30, 2022 Last year on Memorial Day I warned that our nation had drifted into uncharted waters with societal norms and morals being changed by the current ruling class. I urged America to “wake up.” Despite disturbing consequences of policies that confront us daily, including the disastrous surrender […]

A Veterans Day speech in Weaverville, NC and politics

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A Veterans Day speech in Weaverville, NC and politics

Special to WorldTribune.com By John McNabb On this past Veterans Day a certain Air Force Maj. Gen. Rick Deveraux (Ret.) embarrassed himself, probably yet again, with his Veterans Day remarks in Weaverville, North Carolina. He told patriots in attendance the following: Military service members do not pledge allegiance to the flag but take an oath […]

They sacrificed their futures, and we will never forget them

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They sacrificed their futures, and we will never forget them

Special to WorldTribune.com By John McNabb, May 30, 2021 It’s Memorial Day again. The day seems to come faster each year, and 2021 is especially poignant because our nation is in uncharted waters. For me and many of my friends, Memorial Day is not a holiday.  It’s a time to remember and be thankful for our […]

A U.S. president honors the myth of Ho Chi Minh

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A U.S. president honors the myth of Ho Chi Minh

Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Obama has insulted the memory of the nearly 60,000 Americans who died in Vietnam. Last week, Mr. Obama met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang. Mr. Sang peddled the lie that the communist nation’s founder, Ho Chi Minh, was inspired by the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Obama agreed, […]

When the U.S. loses resolve: The Afghanistan-Vietnam parallels

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When the U.S. loses resolve: The Afghanistan-Vietnam parallels

Sol W. Sanders   For those of us who lived through it, current negotiations for the American exit from Afghanistan smells much too much like the end of the U.S. commitment in Vietnam. Washington, after a decade of enormous sacrifice of life and treasure, has chosen to negotiate with the enemy following diplomatic “modalities” pretty […]

When world leaders talk about ‘human rights’ and when they do not

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When world leaders talk about ‘human rights’ and when they do not

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The spectacle of the ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh did more to lay bare the problems, conflicts and paradoxes of relations among the region’s wildly different and widely scattered nations than to resolve them. The fact that at least three of the leaders at this year’s ASEAN summit […]

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