Protesting against a war I can understand .. spitting on our troops and the way they were treated when they returned home .. That I can never understand and never will
BTW .. thank you for your brave service to our country
I agree. It was the most difficult part of the War. I blame it on feckless politicians who were afraid to speak out against the treatment of the military who were just instruments in carrying out national policy. We had a draft, which meant that many service personnel were not there willingly. It was easier politically to pander to the anti-war movement. When the US left Vietnam ignominiously in 1975, morale in the military was at an alltime low and the public seemed to blame the military for losing the war--a first for America.
The voluntary military helped restore pride in service and it took Ronald Reagan to provide the resources to build a new force. We have come a long way since those dark days of 1975.