Originally posted by MrFun
I'm not sure how people connect mainstream war protests with hatred of war veterans just because a very small number of losers have attacked individual war veterans.
I'm not sure how people connect mainstream war protests with hatred of war veterans just because a very small number of losers have attacked individual war veterans.
The real shame from the Vietnam War is that American soldiers answered their call for duty and when they returned, they were treated like garbage by the government and other veterans.
Far too many of the older veterans treated the Vietnam vets like a bunch of long-haired, drugged out losers. What really pissed off the vets from other wars were the anti-war Vietnam vets. Now I'm not saying all the vets from other wars did this, but a hell of a lot of them did.
The US government flew troops back to America and dumped them back into civilian life. The wounded were put into vet hospitals where they received sub-standard care.
As a result of this shoddy treatment, the Vietnam vets formed their own veterans association.
The crap that the Vietnam vets had to put up with over there from other vets and the US government is the story we all need to remember, not some stupid myth.
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