Clarence Page: With Afghanistan in the rearview mirror, have we learned the lessons of Vietnam this time?
Watching the last American military plane go wheels up and out of the Afghanistan War reminded me of an old saying: History often repeats itself, but a lot of us would rather not pay attention.
On July 8, when President Joe Biden was defending his decision to withdraw all remaining U.S. forces, he was asked the inevitable question of whether he saw parallels with our defeat in Vietnam.
“None whatsoever. Zero,” he said, according to the White House transcript.
