There's a discussion going on in the forums on nationstates.net (a site where you can create your own country - highly recommended). Mine is "Anacanapanastan" - feel free to search for it to see what's up with my nation - over 3 billion citizens!
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?threadid=489474Anyway, just now I saw a discussion of whether or not vets returning from Vietnam were spat upon. One guy who claims to be a vet says it happened to him, then manages to get a jab at Kerry and VVAW, and implies that they weren't REALLY veterans. I kinda went on a rant after that. :-)
My post:
>Eutrusca: "Those of us who really were veterans held the VVAW in the utmost contempt."
So the Vietnam Veterans Against the War weren't really veterans?
Just like Kerry just pretended to go to Vietnam and save his crew from a rocket-bearing VC? And Kerry just pretended to save a fellow sailor at great risk to himself?
And, while we're at it, George W. Bush DIDN'T pretend to join the National Guard?
Wouldn't the ire of Vietnam vets be better suited if directed toward a Fortunate Son who avoided going, but then dresses up in a flight suit even though he shirked what duties he signed up for? No, let's gang up on one of our own because we disagree with his stance of not wanting more of us to die in an unnecessary war in Southeast Asia. Makes a lot of sense.
And another generation dies unnecessarily because the frat boy they voted for gets us into another war of choice based on lies. Gulf of Tonkin = Weapons of Mass Destruction. 9/11 = Reichstag Fire. Iraq = Vietnam.
That being said, I'm glad the original veteran commenter on this thread survived the war, and I thank him for his service to our nation, whether or not a few idiots spit on him when he returned.