I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE VIETNAM WAR SERIES ON PBS. KEN BURNS AND LYNN NOVICK ARE THE DIRECTORS. THE SERIES IS SCORED BY TRENT REZNOR, FROM NINE INCH NAILS, AND ATTICUS ROSS, PRODUCER, SONGWRITER, AND NOW MEMBER OF NINE INCH NAILS. THE EARLY EPISODES INVOLVED MAINLY THE HISTORY OF VIETNAM, WHICH WAS ENLIGHTENING. I HAD NEVER HEARD MUCH ABOUT THE FRENCH HAVING COLONIZED VIETNAM. IT PROVED THOROUGHLY DISGUSTING, AND SHOULD HAVE ACTED AS A WARNING FOR U.S. INVOLVEMENT. BUT OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION. SEEMS WE THINK WE ARE ALWAYS RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO WAR. ANYWAY, HERE ARE MY IMPRESSIONS SO FAR:
1. THE DOMINO THEORY WAS A FARCE, PERPETRATED BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
2. ALMOST EVERYONE, DOWN TO THE PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARY OF STATE'S INVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, STATED PRIVATELY THAT WE COULDN'T WIN THE WAR. THEY REPEATEDLY LIED TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
3. GEN. WESTMORELAND DID THE COUNTRY A GREAT INJUSTICE. HE REPEATEDLY CALLED FOR MORE MEN TO FIGHT A WAR HE DID NOT THINK WE COULD WIN. HE IN FACT WAS BAFFLED BY THE WHOLE THING.
4. NONE OF OUR MAJOR ALLIES WANTED ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WAR. WHEN YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING, YOU CAN BET YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE COIN.
THE VIETNAM WAR IS A 10 PART SERIES. WE ARE UP TO 1966, WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR ACTIVE DUTY. (MORE TO COME).
1. THE DOMINO THEORY WAS A FARCE, PERPETRATED BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
2. ALMOST EVERYONE, DOWN TO THE PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARY OF STATE'S INVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, STATED PRIVATELY THAT WE COULDN'T WIN THE WAR. THEY REPEATEDLY LIED TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
3. GEN. WESTMORELAND DID THE COUNTRY A GREAT INJUSTICE. HE REPEATEDLY CALLED FOR MORE MEN TO FIGHT A WAR HE DID NOT THINK WE COULD WIN. HE IN FACT WAS BAFFLED BY THE WHOLE THING.
4. NONE OF OUR MAJOR ALLIES WANTED ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WAR. WHEN YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING, YOU CAN BET YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE COIN.
THE VIETNAM WAR IS A 10 PART SERIES. WE ARE UP TO 1966, WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR ACTIVE DUTY. (MORE TO COME).
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