The world turns and things/times change. Stewing in the past, under a super corrupt Johnson Admin seems a bit counterproductive. My draft lottery number was 300. Watched friends go over and hated what was going on but that fiasco was over 40+ years ago.
I just think this was really handled quite clumsily. After all, I was the one that posted “I live for the day when I see graffiti ‘Yankee come back’.” I had no idea my wish would be fulfilled so quickly. Problem is, it really hasn’t been. There has been no “build up”. No throngs of Vietnam Namese civilians waving signs. No politicians giving speeches, apologies, etc. For decades they made a big PR deal of how they “Rubbed the Yankees Dog nose in it.” Maybe there have been “back channel” communications for years, fine. You can’t expect folks like me to just one day say, “Whatever.”