01-08-2011, 08:28 AM
re Vietnam-- well as I have only recently watched a dvd of that time-- Hearts and Minds--I am so shocked-- but what we see over again in war it seems to me-- that human beings so easily become innured to reality-- killing and slaughtering callously.
Almost as if it is just War Games.
We humans are a pretty predictable and can be so easily manipulated then switch off our humane emotions.
It seems to have always gone on-- and when the Presidents the Prime ministers call, it starts again.
At least many of those soldiers in Vietnam tried to desert because they hated what they were expected to do.
I never knew why Americans and I believe some Australians were involved in Vietnam at all. It seems as if it was Johnson who started it all.
Last edited by dogsbody70 : 01-09-2011 at 11:52 AM.
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