Reply #64: Obviously, that's not my logic. Nice try, though.

[Zhade]

What makes b*sh different is that he believed the war was right and just and awesome, but refused to risk his own neck for his beliefs. Contrast that to TahitiNut's reply, in which he shares the realization he had about others going in his place. That traitorous chickenhawk squatting in the White House would never be bothered with such a dilemma.

I feel for those who thought (and still think) that Viet Nam was in any way a just war. It wasn't, not at all. But I don't hate those who believed this way and fought for what they thought was right. They were wrong, and they were used. They're victims, not evil men. Some did evil things, but most were good kids who'd been duped.

Those who fled to Canada to avoid killing in what they knew was an unjust war are, IMHO, heroes. Those who fought for a war they wrongly believed was necessary are, tragically, heroic in their own way, and also worthy of our respect for their ideals, if not for their actions.