On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:21:08 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

John H. wrote:



Harry Krause wrote:
You were a draftee, right?


Yup. I got my letter and went. No excuses, no running to Canada, no fake
injuries, and none of the other gimmicks to escape boot camp.

Some had more imagination.

Some were cowards. Pick your group.


You're entitled to say whatever you want to justify your military
participation in one of the dumbest foreign misadventures in this
nation's history. A huge number of young men, however, realized the war
against the Vietnamese was immoral and was only serving to prop up a
corrupt right-wing dictatorship. When you have Buddhist monks setting
themselves on fire to protest US actions in Da Nang and US support for
completely corrupt generals like Ky and Thieu, you should realize by
then, at least, that you're not on the side of the angels.

What did I say that was a 'justification'?

What I said implied that I wasn't cowardly. Do you understand?

--
John H.
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD