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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
Those who don't know history are destined to repeat the mistakes of history.
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I didn't say no vets were spit on. The urban myth is the notion that support of that sort of thing was widespread. Jzjzjzjz said that such things were condoned by the demon "media."
There is a possible lesson in the rude treatment endured by some returning vets from Vietnam. Not every mission our president sends soldiers to perform will be unfailingly moral and glorious just because the red, white, and blue is waved at regular intervals. Wholesale deployment of deadly force, widespread killing, the poisoning of land, etc. are modes of behavior fraught with peril.
There are no guarantees in life. One must be one's own navigator.