My Message To The Forum And Why I Am So Critical Of The GOP

[TheMastersNemesis]

21. I Hate To Rant

I hate to rant but it is impossible to see your country being dismantled a piece at a time over 32 years. Reagan was a devil may he rot in hell. He opened this pandora's box. The GOP enabled the evil deliberately. .

2nd of the 5th Cav would be the second brigade. The 2nd Brigade also took a lot of hits over time. And I traveled to Camp Evans fairly frequently on company/division business. We would get a jeep from the motor pool and 4 of us clerks would go down to Div headquarters to turn in paper work. It was about a 20 mile drive. We could go down the main high way without fear of IED's once the road was checked in the morning. That is what was different about Vietnam. We could go off base among the general population.

In Iraq and Afganistan you cannot even walk out a door without fear and being locked and loaded. I feel it is much worse.

I was on a firebase briefly called LZ Jane near Quang Tri City about a mile from a village called Hai Lang. Battalions of the 1st and 2nd Brigade were there for several months.

I am going to start sharing anecdotal stories about my personal experience as we go along here. My purpose is to expose what life was really like in Vietnam on a day to day basis. And I believe people should know about a lot of things that I am prepared to say.
Vets should be telling their personal stories. That is the only way for the next generation to know and understand what war is.

Hiding you experience hurts the vet personally and denies others the understand they need. You can share your experiences without all the gory details. So I will posting as I remember. Some things that I will say will be very personal yet they reveal from my experience what others should know.

If you are vet tell you story on these forums. I am ok with what I will likely say in the future. I will talk about Kerry and Max. What happened to them is criminal. It sealed my attitude of deep hatred for everything GOP.