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Originally Posted by Vulcan
If you don't see the difference, I'm tired of wasting bandwith on you.
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totally agree with you. Vietnam and WWII are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. The best quote I ever heard on the Iraq situation (and it applies to Vietnam as well due to the circumstances) was by, robert mcnamara, secretary of defense during Vietnam:
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If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merits of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning."
This was in the documentary "the fog of war" where McNamara goes back and reflects upon what happened.
As for the whole "deserter" vs "draft dodger" argument - its a red herring. Yes he volunteered, but are you saying that he could not have had an epiphany later on? That he might have gotten more information about what he was getting into?
People change - there isn't a statute of limitations on following your conscious...