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It is interesting to me that even today you can not find a thread on the entire Internet about Vietnam that does not eventually turn personal, bitter, hateful and then locked.



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Ray,

That's because the whole war was handled quite badly from
Washington's side. Then, these brave guys came home only
to get spit on, etc.. That wound never heals. Now, they
go into a quick-mart gas station and see a Vietnamese
family working there and probably owning the establishment.

Bitter, yeah, I think so. My father told me once that when
he came home from WWII and went to college, some of the
younger students would throw firecrackers and the like just
to see the "shell-shocked" ex-GI's dive for cover. In those
circumstances, they got their a$$es beat.

The Vietnam era guys didn't get closure. It's our fault.
We owe them more... OK, I'm done.

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I agree 100%. The real enemy was/is our own F'd up, lying, self-destructive govt. of criminals (I should not have read Dereliction of Duty by H.R. McMaster). Plus I lost friends and lived with my fingers crossed while my older brother was there. My brother is still so bitter and angry that I can't stand to be around him. I've seen him twice, without speaking, in the past 10 years...my mom's and then may dad's funeral.