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, or would not, since the choice or the
stockade and/or opprobrium back home was a hard fact of life for most working
class guys, 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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