Reply #41: peace protestors didn't abuse returning soldiers

[puddycat]

while there could have been an occasional incident, peace protestors did not abuse the returning soldiers. This was a lie promulgated by Richard Nixon and his thugs (including John O'Neill who attacked Kerry).

Vietnam was my era. I was against the war. I also dated a soldier! My relatives were soldiers! But at the same time, as young as I was, I never ever thought they were fighting for freedom. I knew they were fighting for a lie, even back then. But like today, we all partook in that "mythology" of culture, and spoke in zombie tones of "of our brave boys sacrificing for us"--but we knew it was a lie. We knew they were dying for nothing, but acknowledgeing the myth kept us able to cope with the massive betrayal by our leaders.

And here we are again, the same massive betrayal, the same lies, the same myths that we tell ourselves to keep going.

I just wonder how many military will die this time, before we demand an end to this carnage? 20,000? 30,000? 100,000?

Nothing ever changes. Man love to kill, and woman enable them.