Reply #149: Oh, I forgot... this didn't happen...

[jberryhill]

It boggles the mind how many people don't remember 1975...

http://www.ailf.org/ipc/refugeestoamericans.asp
In 1975, in the closing days of the Vietnam War, about 130,000 Vietnamese who were generally high-skilled and well-educated, and who feared reprisals for their close ties to Americans, were airlifted by the United States government to bases in the Philippines, Wake Island, and Guam. They were later transferred to refugee centers in California, Arkansas, Florida, and Pennsylvania for up to six months of education and cultural training to facilitate their assimilation into their new society.

Here's a picture of the airbase in Guam in 1975:


Do you see that? 130,000 sudden immigrants - housed on military bases and then refugee centers.

Gee... now I can't imagine what these facilities might be used for. I guess if we were involved in a foreign war somewhere, and thinking about pulling out, we might do some planning for the inevitable aftermath. But... nope... I can't think of any unpopular foreign wars we are fighting at the moment.