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Please read the post, "You Had To Be There". The writer hits the nail on the head.
I was there also. I remember the outrage caused by our government's lying and coverups during the Vietnam War. I remember having serious doubts about going to Vietnam if my Army Reserve unit was called to action (we were on Active Standby).
I remember the sincerity and the outrage of the war protestors, and the sometimes violent responses to peaceful protests. I remember the "America haters" taunts by people supporting that useless war.
America was in a constant state of rage, it seems. A virtual nightmare. So groups like the Weather Underground gained traction because there seemed to be no other way to get the attention focused on just how wrong the Vietnam War was.
Remember this: 55,000 Americans killed, many, many more badly wounded, God knows how many Vietnamese died, and America torn apart as a nation.
That is the legacy of that War.
