I may be forgiven, but, there are all the POW’s who were stuck in Hanoi all those years, and tortured. There are all those millions of people who suffered and died under Communisms yoke in Southeast Asia. I may have grown up, but, how does one make it up to all those people who suffered while we, the effete, impudent, snobs, who characterized ourselves as intellectuals, gave aid and comfort to the enemy? After all, the war was not lost in Southeast Asia. It was lost in the opinion polls in the US. We helped in that effort.
Dave,
You cannot change the past.
But YOU can change and atone in your heart for it. It doesn’t excuse you, but you can be forgiven when you genuinely repent.
It is a christian principle that POW’s of all people would understand, I believe.
Don’t beat yourself up on it. Just do like David Horowitz and make sure you work on the side to ensure it doesn’t happen again.