Don't forget to tell the other side of the story:
Those were some interesting songs - never heard them before. Who knew - I believe ‘Green Beret’ was written as a response to ‘Eve of Destruction’ as well.
In general, and looking back, the whole Vietnam strategy was misguided. I was young when the song came out, but had college age brothers for whom the draft was real. And knew neighborhood kids that did not come back. One of my best friends brothers was wounded severally and featured in Life magazine.
To finish my rant, in a nut shell, our efforts to fight insurgency wars in Vietnam and Iraq, etc are flawed. You can’t win without a very supportive local population unless you plan on occupying like a Roman army. The doctrine for fighting insurgency wars were written by US officers that lead Philippine guerilla groups against the Japanese In the PI.
That strategy worked because the indigenous population and guerrillas supported each other.
Thats why, and I might get banned from FR for saying this, is the only thing Obama has done right is his fight against ISIS. Let US troops support as fire control and spotters, but those damn people need to fight the war.