From The Gals And Guys Who Know The Face
Of War Up Close And Personal-The Iraq And Afghan War Veterans
Frank Jackman comment:
In America there is an overweening respect
for the military, for military officers mainly, the guys and gals who lead the bloody
endless wars of this century. They look good on camera, all austere and all business
as they lead the general population by the nose into the next ambush. But
starting back in Vietnam, starting back in the war of my generation, soldiers, sailors,
air personnel, regular rank and file guys (almost all guys then) started
balking at their fate. Started to talk back, to say stop the madness. And if they
could not do it when they were service-bound they certainly did after they got out.
Formed an organization Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) that did a hell
of a lot to bring the anti-war message home. See they had “street cred,”’ they
had been in the hellholes and beyond, had come back to the “real world” a lot wiser
than the kids who went in with dreams of glory and fistfuls of medals. The guys
and gals who fought, and continue to fight don’t forget, the damn Iraq and
Afghan wars have that same “street cred.” Listen up, please.
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