‘US hegemony and its perils’ – wanton use of force
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China/SPECIAL REPORT 2
Déjà vu. At left, a US Huey helicopter lands at the rooftop of a building in Saigon, April 5, 1975 to evacuate fleeing Americans after the US defeat in its war of aggression against Vietnam. Some 46 years later, the scene is reminiscent of the US Chinook helicopter landing at the rooftop of the US Embassy in Kabul, August 15, 2021, to evacuate fleeing Americans, after another US defeat, this time at the hands of the Taliban. Both US imperialist aggression lasted more than 20 years, killed and displaced millions, nearly bankrupted the US economy and ended proving to the world that the US military, despite its brutality, is indeed, a “paper tiger” (ctto).