Sharpening the Knives for Iraq's back

"In South Vietnam, we have consistently sought to assure the right of the Vietnamese people to determine their own futures free from enemy interference. It would be tragic indeed if we endangered, or even lost, the progress we have achieved by failing to provide the relatively modest but crucial aid which is so badly needed there."

This is from President Ford's statement on signing the Foreign Assistance Act of 1974.
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1974.
Remember that name.
It's probably going to come up a lot in the next few weeks.
The Act of 1974 passed over the veto of Gerald Ford by the Democratic majority in Congress cut off military aid to South Vietnam. This set the country up for a North Vietnamese offensive only 4 months later that broke the South Vietnamese Army.