What's Past is Prologue: comparison talk of fall of Kabul, fall of Saigon
Friday, August 27, 2021 ~ Updated 11:08 PM
In the many articles written since the fall of Afghanistan to Taliban forces earlier this month, attempts have been made to link the events in the Afghan capital of Kabul to the fall of Saigon in the former South Vietnam in April 1975.
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