Maybe an outsider my age sees this in 20/20 vision.
I know people have a lot of painfull feelings from Vietnam. and I don’t want this message to be misread as me telling any war vets to “get over” their mental effects from the war. I can’t imagine that is even possible in many cases.
but this stuff was 40+ years ago and it needs to be soaked away in the blood of Jesus.
lets move forward as a country.
A man is dead. We don’t get to judge what happens to his immortal soul. Jesus can and will save him if accepts that salvation but none of that means that we can’t speak the truth about what he did here on earth. He has the blood of many on his hands, he had great responsibility and did not perform his duties in good faith. I am sure he (like all mankind) has done many things for which he should repent. For the sake of his soul I hope he has.
How can you say you are seeing this with 20/20 vision when you have little to no knowledge of what took place?
The truth about the Vietnam War has been distorted and covered up to the point that at your age unless you have spent a good portion of your life doing your own research and interviews you are blind to the facts of that war- a far cry from the 20/20 vision you claim to have.
The bitterness about the Vietnam War comes directly from the management of the war itself and the lies that followed. For many years those who lived during that time that understood what happened and especially the soldiers who fought there have been silenced by the shrill screams of lies from the liberals. Those who know the truth should not be silenced- they should be encouraged to speak the truth, and those who don’t know should listen and learn.
This might be ancient history to you- but the effects have shaped our history to this day and into the future. I recommend you make the effort to learn what you can about the War and the politics of the time- it will give you a clearer picture of what is happening now. When you have an opportunity to learn from those that experienced it- then you should not be trying to shut them up.
Yes there are indeed painful feelings about Vietnam- you should be curious about why that is, make the effort to understand the truth.
The country has not moved forward from Vietnam- much of what happens today began with the lies of the past. The crazy liberals of today gained their strength from those lies and learned the lessons of distortion from that time. If we could uncover the truth and pass it on in a way that is understood we might be able to convince those your age to open their eyes not just to the lies of the past, but the lies of today.
Saying it was 40 years ago and doesn’t matter today seems logical to you at your young age- but to those of us that have lived a longer life we understand that history is important, things that happened 40 years before I was born had a great impact on things that have happened in my life. The Vietnam War had a great impact on your life and will continue to impact your life in ways you cannot know if you don’t make the effort to figure it out.
40 years ago my ass. I still go there 2-5 nights a week. Not to count the daytime shit. Not asking for a bit of pity. Would go there again.
Some things you can't forget, and fools like them will never get a free pass from me, dead or alive.