"Operaton Frequent Wind": 37 years ago today.

[LeftinOH]

The final episode in America's involvement in South Vietnam was called "Operation Frequent Wind" --the evacuation of remaining US personnel and "at-risk" Vietnamese citizens.

Who thinks up these things? How about "Operation Massive Policy Failure"?

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. It worked better as the theme of the first (and only) Bean Burrito Lover's Convention.

[Turbineguy]

2. I think they named it

after a class mate of mine.

[Larry Ogg]

3. Maybe it's a message to the rulers of the world...

I.e. it's psychopath code that, when properly interpreted, means "Don't worry the business of genocide for profit is by no means coming to an end, it's just moving to a different part of the globe".

And that's exactly what happened after Vietnam.

[Rex]

4. Ate me some beans last night and could have used that

Operation Frequent Wind is a go...all blame will be pushed off onto the dog.

[Orsino]

5. An ignominious failure from start to finish.

Fortunately, the shame has kept us from getting bogged down in useless overseas occupations ever since.

[librechik]

6. what happens when constipated old farts with nuke$ run the world n/t