The fall of Kabul on 15 August conjures up grim memories of Saigon in April 1975. People plunging to their deaths from departing C-17s reminds us of the estimated two to four hundred thousand South Vietnamese civilians who drowned on the high seas attempting to escape the communists. God only knows the carnage and mayhem that will follow in the wake of the Taliban’s victory.
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