Word: babylift
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Dates: during 1975-1975
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...couple of years ago, we were saints--now we are evil. Americans have been adopting Vietnamese children quietly for years. It is a lifetime commitment for all of us. But the "babylift" had to happen fast--it couldn't be done quietly--and things never work right when they're done fast. The reaction to it was that it was bad. But lots of these kids were almost dead. Even if the communists do have fantastic day care centers, the children would have died before they could be set up. We were talking about kids who right then needed help...
...continuing stain of the Viet Nam tragedy left its mark. Inevitably, the issue became politicized. To some, the phrase "Operation Babylift" became associated with a government policy less noble than the words implied. Cynical suspicion mounted that the Administration was seeking to build political capital, a view bolstered by the sight of the President cradling a newly arrived orphan. "Seeing Jerry Ford walking down the runway with that baby in his arms, I wanted to throw a shoe at the TV," said Mrs. Blair Cooter, the mother of a nine-month-old Vietnamese boy adopted last year...
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