Embassies do not have the brains of a doorknob, but are keenly aware of public relations. Acknowledging the inescapable is not their way. As usual, Washington would rather lie than breath, and did. As in Cambodia, so in Nam, and so later in Afghanistan.
[unz.com]
Buy-den was right about the comparison of Kabul to Saigon, they're not the same. Kabul is far worse!