@Lawrence This is sheer madness. Vietnam was much worse. Sasse was 3 years old when we fled Vietnam

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4. Gonna give a bit of facts here

In Vietnam defecting troops (called chu hoi) were assigned to infantry companies to lead combat platoons. My brother had one who walked point but oddly was never shot. He gave him some MREs, cash, and a Buck Knife to undefect-which he did. If you deal with the destitute they are yours until a better deal comes along...