Sunday, January 29, 2006

January 27, 1973: Vietnam Peace MIlestone

From the Washington Times
Vietnam peace milestone
By Stroube Smith
January 29, 2006

"Friday marked the 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam Peace Accords, the agreement that was supposed to bring "peace with honor" and end the conflict in Southeast Asia that bitterly divided Americans.
Some of the current vitriol in U.S. politics dates back that far, a poison that still seems to frustrate any effort toward civility and bipartisanship on almost anything.
Fittingly, the ceremonies in Paris were marked by an eerie silence, with no word or gesture to reflect relief that years of war were coming to an end."

Read the rest of the article here.

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