and many where never found In Vietnam. So I am going to give my
When my good friend was drafted to Vietnam he had no choice, he got drafted on his 18th birthday.
When he was in Vietnam the media in the USA made them out to be babykillers.
There were embedded photographers in Vietnam, not life like today, but they were there.
He lost an arm and one leg when he stepped on a mine (at age 18) and what did the media do?
Call them babykillers
Told them they were worthless
Trashed them and denied them medical help and didn't even pay for shrinks.
Wouldn't pay for a prostetic devices
His previous job didn't take him back and he couldn't find one because he was a babykiller
The Anti War protesters than even threw stones at the soldiers when they came home. Many soldiers hid their uniforms and many said they where in Korea and not Vietnam
In this war all we hear are how great our soldiers are, I am glad the media for a change is on the soldiers site. I personally think they are going a bit overboard with the Patrionism for them tho.
The rescue POW girl got
A vaccation in Hawaii
A scholarship
A car
many more things (I would never trade with her, poor thing she deserves every bit of it)
I think the media is trying to make up where they fucked up in Vietnam.
I am not Anti War, but to be honest when we went into Iraq I was sitting on pins and needles. I was worried it would start all over again as soon as the media would show one dead child.
But I guess now its just the opposite. Now the Anti War protesters are being mocked and screamed and called un-american.
US Media won't show or even say how many iraquies we killed, or even show the pictures of dead children (and yes kids died)
How times have changed. To late for my friend, but better late than never
I guess I am just a little ticked today, I think I am going to get a beer now