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wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts) Sat Sep 23, 2017, 08:17 PM Sep 2017

I never thought I could learn more about the Vietnam war until the PBS documentary [View all]

this week.

I was drafted in 1966 and spent most of 67 and part of 68 in the war. I knew we were being lied to but I thought that was to keep us from questioning.
But watching the PBS Vietnam special I now know they didn't know how they were ever going to get out of the war even before I got there and the escalation or why I went to war was for Johnson and his administration to save face.

I didn't die but what a fucked up reason to make me fight for survival for a year.

This documentary is going to bring back a lot of shit we stuffed way back in our minds.

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I never thought I could learn more about the Vietnam war until the PBS documentary [View all] wasupaloopa Sep 2017 OP

I know... learned how F'd up South Vietnam was from the get-go LeftInTX Sep 2017 #1

My dad did a peacekeeping tour there in the early 70s True Dough Sep 2017 #2

There's not enough space here for me to add to your jaysunb Sep 2017 #3

+1, and it all looks like it was to save face ... that's it, save face with someone else kids life!! uponit7771 Sep 2017 #5

+1000 n/t jaysunb Sep 2017 #6

Thanks and same to you wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #7

IT IS AMAZING !! "... China sent 320,000 'support' troops before end of Nam war ... " we should've uponit7771 Sep 2017 #4

The government lied to troops when they returned home. Blue_true Sep 2017 #8

The series is superlative The Blue Flower Sep 2017 #9

Pinboy39er would have loved to connect with you. mahina Sep 2017 #10

My favorite DUer catchnrelease Sep 2017 #13

Mine too. mahina Sep 2017 #17

my dad's job there was to analyze aerial photos of bombing of Hanoi. He came home and said son msongs Sep 2017 #11

Very Rarely do I recommend any TV program Best_man23 Sep 2017 #12

We were sold the need for the war because of the Gulf of Tonkin incident-it was a lie. jalan48 Sep 2017 #14

I watch and learn a lot about also. imanamerican63 Sep 2017 #15

A lot of it was good old fashion racism. Yavin4 Sep 2017 #16

Yep, they never respected the Vietnamese uponit7771 Sep 2017 #19

The LBJ phone call with Eisenhower was illuminating BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #18