Less than 55 yrs old----You do not know!!!!

[Tannerone]

You do not know the two Hanoi's if you are less than 55 years old.

[US_MilitaryRules]

43 and understand what the 2 communists did to the people of this Great Country.

[LouisWu]

- Tannerone got a bit carried away
- Tannerone is swept up a bit in the idea that you don't know what it feels like if you weren't there, and thus you can't understand (a leftist argument, but one that has saturated everything so much that it is easy to slip into)

Nevertheless, it seems like Tannerone is on our side. This doesn't smell like DU troll to me...he seems sincere. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt for now.

[Shadow Deamon]

"Less than 45 maybe - we pulled the last troops out in 1974 or was it 73? Damn! I've lost track of all those years."

Thank you, I'm 51 and I could have been drafted into that war at 18 in '71. I was lucky, I won that lottery. :) But living in Jersey, I remember the protests of the "Hanoi Js"

They made me sick then and the POS infuriates me now.

[cyborg]

Ah if my fobbed out mom could tell me about Vietnam, anyone can. What is with people?

[chesty_puller]

At the old age of 18 in 1970 I fought as a Marine in RVN. Do the math.

[UsnDadof8]

I'm coming on to 40 this November but I do have some idea. I have made it a point to diligently study American history most of my adult life. I read historical books like bored housewives read romance novels. Plus I do remember a little something because I was 11 years old when it ended and pretty much paid attention to what was going on in the world for being just a young kid.

But then again, I'm just 39 1/2, so what the heck I know - I'm just a kid.

[null and void]

What a tragedy that would be...

[null and void]

But then again, I'm just 39 1/2, so what the heck I know - I'm just a kid.

Hmmmm. 8 kids. Do you know what's causing that?

;^)

[backinthefold]

Should we call in the kitties just in case?

 

[Wombat101]

37 here, and I came from a loooooong line of Marines (I broke tradition and joined the Navy). I've heard all I ever needed to about the Hanois, Tokyo Rose, Lord Haw-Haw, Dirty Girtie from Bizerte,Ramsay Clark, etc, etc, ad infinitum, ad naseum.

I can tell you everything I ever heard about the fights on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Chosin Resevoir, Khe Sahn, etc. I not have studied history, I was RAISED with history -- got it direct from the people who LIVED it.

What I object to is this "your elders know better and are always right" crap, which I would be inclined to believe if we were talking about the WWII generation (with exceptions). But when it comes from the "tune in, drop out" set, I'm overcome with fits of laughing.

Contrary to popular belief, some of us "young whippersnappers" are actually far more intelligent than you are, which is surprising, considering where our genes came from.

[Bluntpoint]

Don't get me wrong, I love old people...but the older you guys get, fewer of your organs can be harvested.

[trillabodilla]

One more won't hurt:

I was BORN in 1968, and I know.

I also believe that God has allowed this to come to a head now, to bring healing to a lot of Vets who have been hurting for a long time.

[Darksheare]

Interesting.
Only two posts to your name?

[Conspiracy Guy]

My kids are so far to the right they scare me. I may have done my job too well!

[Darksheare]

I think he's a troll.
Trolls and mimes taste like chicken.
I'm craving chicken.

[null and void]

Hey! I'm only missing a few! (You probably didn't want my appendix or gall bladder anyway)...

[Wombat101]

Whoops! That was "I HAVE studied history"....

[Darksheare]

Nully, you won't have to wait too long it appears.
If this becomes a zot thread, there'll be a new left lane soon enough as we pave over the troll.

[null and void]

Good point. A troll *would* be under a left lane...

[blanknoone]

Voters less than 55 years old have no idea of the havoc and death caused by the two Hanoi's.

I would caution you not to insult others knowldege. It is entirely possible to understand what happened without living through it. I am in my 30's, yet I understand the treason involved.

Or to make an analogy, and I am assuming you are a Christian...you were not alive during Christ's time on this earth...but do you understand His message?