[Mr. Mojo]

Not only was "Masters of War" written at least two years before American troops saw any action at all in Vietnam, but Dylan's folk/protest period of his career lasted exactly that same period of time -- two years. That's two years out of more than forty. But for some strange reason that's the era many people want to remember him by. .....his weakest.

[sushiman]

I was only a punk kid of 10 in 1962 ...Found out about Dylan a few years later ...Despite Dylan's reluctance to directly speak out against the Vietnam War in public , he was , and still is to a great extent , associated with anti-war songs . Add in the fact that he was tight with people like Joan Baez ( they lived together for a while ) and Allen Ginsberg ( no America lover ) , and it is easy form misconceptions of the man . Anyway , I appreciate your setting me straight .