Current Events > Blows me away that the US brought in with open arms Vietnamese in 70s

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CruelBuffalo
07/01/20 11:21:43 AM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Babylift

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_New_Life

We brought in hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to live in the United States. How has the US become so toxic and cruel to no longer be like this?
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Questionmarktarius
07/01/20 11:22:42 AM
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It became easier to outsource the entire factory than to import cheap labor.
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CruelBuffalo
07/01/20 11:24:56 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
It became easier to outsource the entire factory than to import cheap labor.

Not all Vietnamese were not relocated to manufacturing hot zones... many actually went into Nail Salons, fishing, and farming
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Questionmarktarius
07/01/20 11:27:49 AM
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This is yet another reason why Affidavit of Support needs to be opened up to everyone for anyone.
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CruelBuffalo
07/01/20 11:28:49 AM
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https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6855407

I guess the official reason is that Cubans/Vietnamese fled from communism so we were doing this shade communism and Iraq is secular fighting so tough shit
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The Trent
07/01/20 11:29:02 AM
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white people fox news karens all lives matter people

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Questionmarktarius
07/01/20 11:30:52 AM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
I guess the official reason is that Cubans/Vietnamese fled from communism so we were doing this shade communism and Iraq is secular fighting so tough shit
Plausible.
Seems to be the same reason all Cubans had to do was ground a raft on a beach in Florida.
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Questionmarktarius
07/01/20 11:32:44 AM
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Captain_Qwark posted...
Part of it was probably an olive branch to Vietnam after those stories of US soldiers cutting off ears of enemy soldiers and wearing them like necklaces

Looks like it may have been a "Operation Paperclip" sort of deal:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_New_Life
Nevertheless, the majority of the Vietnamese on Guam were from the educated elite of the country.
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CruelBuffalo
07/01/20 11:34:21 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Looks like it may have been a "Operation Paperclip" sort of deal:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_New_Life

I mean look at operation babylift. We still got out a lot of commoners new life even has a section of a farming village that just straight booked it
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Questionmarktarius
07/01/20 11:42:44 AM
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I wonder what the viability would be of evacuating the entire population of Venezuela to Wyoming, even if it's just temporary.
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CruelBuffalo
07/01/20 11:45:24 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
I wonder what the viability would be of evacuating the entire population of Venezuela to Wyoming, even if it's just temporary.

We didnt do that with the Vietnamese.

They were relocated to SJ, Orange County, Houston, San Diego, and Louisiana
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Questionmarktarius
07/01/20 12:00:28 PM
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Tried to find a "yeah, but welfare!" argument, but mostly failed.
https://www.epi.org/blog/entitlement-spending-part/
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Poop2
07/01/20 12:01:35 PM
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we had a ton of Vietnamese refugees come to my city in socal after the war.

and now we have a vibrant Viet community and tons of great pho restuaurants
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Philoktetes
07/01/20 12:02:24 PM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Babylift

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_New_Life



>mobile links
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josifrees
07/03/20 2:58:39 AM
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That was back before the boomers got their hands on power

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Balrog0
07/03/20 3:06:36 AM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6855407

I guess the official reason is that Cubans/Vietnamese fled from communism so we were doing this shade communism and Iraq is secular fighting so tough shit

Well yeah I was gonna say this

Mainly we've replaced ideology with racism. We need more McCarthys really making white America hate communists to make it okay to like (certain) minorites ... Who also hate communists

Vietnamese voters also kept California GOP relevant for much longer than they would have been and the Florida gop wouldn't exist without Cuban expats. So when the GOP complains that Democrats want immigrants for votes they're projecting

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CruelBuffalo
07/03/20 12:42:02 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Well yeah I was gonna say this

Mainly we've replaced ideology with racism. We need more McCarthys really making white America hate communists to make it okay to like (certain) minorites ... Who also hate communists

Vietnamese voters also kept California GOP relevant for much longer than they would have been and the Florida gop wouldn't exist without Cuban expats. So when the GOP complains that Democrats want immigrants for votes they're projecting


Vietnamese Orange County voters, not the Northern California ones
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