but it's just an ordinary war
Mar. 10th, 2008 06:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bardiphoukaFirst of all, let us set the record straight. Vietnam was not the only conflict the US was engaged in post Korea. They had been in and out of a 1/2 dozen Latin American Countries at the same time more and more and more advisers were being sent to Vietnam...and of course Laos...well..and Cambodia. But Vietnam got the headlines. It was the biggest and it was the only conflict to use non volunteers.
Ah yes, the draft. At the beginning of the 60s it was mostly about how much money or what connections, or sometimes just what part of the country you lived in. By the end of the 60s the US had become the first National Casino. And the stakes were your future. Something that not even Bush has been able to restart.
And as we watched the first televised war, and heard the stories of people coming back, we realised that the days of black and white were over. We were not always the good guys..and the television could lie as easily as politicians. And when the war ended we applauded and let go a sigh of relief, not realising how short our time of Peace would be.
Ah yes, the draft. At the beginning of the 60s it was mostly about how much money or what connections, or sometimes just what part of the country you lived in. By the end of the 60s the US had become the first National Casino. And the stakes were your future. Something that not even Bush has been able to restart.
And as we watched the first televised war, and heard the stories of people coming back, we realised that the days of black and white were over. We were not always the good guys..and the television could lie as easily as politicians. And when the war ended we applauded and let go a sigh of relief, not realising how short our time of Peace would be.
