Reply #35: You wrote "It's not any different, is it?" There's ONE thing that's different.

[Obamarama]

I was still too young to understand Vietnam when it was occurring. I was 11 years old when Saigon fell, and I so remember that, but I didn't really understand that.

What I do know now, through reading about that very tumultuous period and seeing countless documentaries is that people weren't afraid to go into the streets and riot and shake things up a bit when they got completely fed up with the madness.

Many of here have taken part in marches and vigils and rallies, but my perception is that there has been much less civil disobedience over this current mess than there was with Iraq. We the people, as a whole, have somehow been reduced to shrugging our shoulders and saying "oh well, what can we really do about it?" We have allowed ourselves to be neutered.