Speech #990024274

But I would propose that we are only learning selective lessons when we fail to read the final chapters of the Vietnam lesson book. In this 10th anniversary year of the fall of South Vietnam. we should also be reminded of what happens when we abandon those who struggle against Communist tyranny. We must assume some of the responsibility for the hundreds of thousands of Southeast Asians who have suffered and died at the hands of one of the worlds most repressive regimes. and for the thousands more who have flooded foreign shores as refugees. Some say we will have another Vietnam if we support the Contras. I think it is much more likely that we will have another Vietnam if we dont support them.