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jaysunb

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7. rhetorical reply to the author of the piece.

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #4)

Mon May 28, 2012, 11:15 PM

May 2012

I pretty much understood what I was doing when I got drafted. There's plenty of guilt and remorse, especially today when I remember those that didn't come home with me, but I do not believe my conscription renders me complicit in the crime.

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Vietnam War Is A Study In US Crimes [View all] Karmadillo May 2012 OP

there he goes again, spreading truth against fabricated history lol nt msongs May 2012 #1

Few Americans are aware of the fact that when Ho Chi Minh coalition_unwilling May 2012 #2

Does this make me a "criminal" for having fought there ? jaysunb May 2012 #3

You were an instrument of the criminals, not a criminal yourself. (Unless coalition_unwilling May 2012 #4

rhetorical reply to the author of the piece. jaysunb May 2012 #7

I have been tearing up all day off and on and one of the DU threads coalition_unwilling May 2012 #11

True enough, but a little skewed bhikkhu May 2012 #5

That was my understanding as well. n/t whathehell May 2012 #6

The Threat of a Good Example Karmadillo May 2012 #8

Agreed, but there were many other reasons and intrigue involved jaysunb May 2012 #9

Well..... cliffordu May 2012 #10

Kick Karmadillo May 2012 #12