What are you doing to "bring the war home"?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

I re-wrote the title of this post. Anyone seen the DVD "The Weather Underground"?

I just watched it last night. It's a documentary of The Weathermen, a radical group that split off from the SDA (Students for a Democratic America, a non-violent group that started in the early 60s). Fascinating stuff.

There were so many parallels to now I kept gasping. The Vietnam protesters felt the war there was immoral (check), unprovoked (check), and a frightingly bloody mess (check), and that the government wasn't listening to anyone (check).

One woman, one of the fouders of the Weathermen, was quoted as saying how can we be non-violent in a violent society? Their whole purpose was to "bring the war home".

Now I have to admit to being a bit squeamish at their techniques (and some of them became squeamish about it, too, after a while), but I did understand their level of frustration and agony at watching their own country carry out an immoral attack on another country, costing the lives of literally MILLIONS.

Anyone else seen that DVD? It's in rental stores now. It made me wonder what we are doing now (not that I want to go out and smash up windows or anything). But how are we "bringing the war home" so no one can just forget about it and pretend it's not there? Or are we? Should we? Or should we not?

[Nlighten1]

1. You are correct and I will add one more...

The massacre at My Lai was greeted with moans and groans here at home then too but within several years it was largely forgotten. This band of criminals are expecting to get away with their crimes and have the media "forget" about them.

Same as it ever was...

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

2. My Lai was specifically mentioned in this DVD

and they showed footage of the aftermath.

It's a documentary, so not rated, but if it were, it'd be R for extreme violence. Shots of stuff that went on in Vietnam that were pretty hard to watch, even for me.

[SlingBlade]

3. Excellent Documentary

What surprised me is that this IS a forgotten piece of our history.
Very few today understand and realize the absolute turmoil that this Nation experienced during those years.

Good post.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

4. As much as I thought I knew about

those years, I did NOT know that the rest of the WORLD (outside of Vietnam and the US) was experiencing such turmoil, too.

And I had NEVER heard of the Weathermens' bombing of the Pentagon. How the hell did that slip past me?

I tell you one thing--you sure don't see this kind of shit on the History Channel, do you?

[SlingBlade]

6. Yes

I believe this absence of historical fact was not lost by accident.
It proves a very coordinated effort by those in power to diminish the actual world wide refusal by the world to accept the lies and carnage of the Right.
When I speak to younger people who seek the truth, I get an incredulous look when I mention these days, It is true, This documentary has open many eyes, But it is an independent and under funded process that is not very publicized.

Too Bad.

[Nlighten1]

5. The Parallels.

The thing that bothers me most about this current war is exactly what you brought up. The people who started the Vietnam war got away with murder. Here we are again today doing the same thing.

If we don't go after these people...Bush...Cheney...etc...they will get away with this again and 15 years from now we will be putting their faces on coins and naming airports after them.