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Pulque: This is one time I have to say: "You weren't there"
There were two main groups of vets -- other than those who stayed on active duty. The first group, the majority had to go to work and support families. Even so they bore disapproval and abuse. They remained silent, at the time, out of necessity. They had jobs and families unlike the second group.
The second group were whiners, dressed in smelly fatigues, covered with pins, patches and bedecked in beads atc. They merely reionforced the pre-conceived notion of the screwed up GI's.
Speak out? Believe me I did when the occasion arose. Children of my children's generation believed that "Platoon" was the real deal. I had long talks telling my children that no doper was ever allowed in a compound where I was. We would not trust our lives to dopers and boozers.
I can't find the impromptu words to do justice to my thoughts. Whether Kerry or Bush had admirable records doesn't mean a rat's behind to me. However I spent 3 1/2 years in SEA and never raped a girl, killed a child or cut off ears. We did what had to be done but attrocities weren't on the menu.
Kerry owes 2 1/2 million veterans of Vietnam a SINCERE apology.
Sorry for the rant but I have very strong feelings on the issue. I have been spit upon and called names by the Likes of Kerry.
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