What is most depressing is thinking of what life could have been like had the several presidents who oversaw Vietnam gone in to win. The template for all subsequent military actions would have been one of expected success, rather than expected (even desired) failure.
Because the respective administrations played politics, and micromanaged the efforts on the ground, and listened to the media and the critics, it overflowed to the veterans. Many of them wonder what they fought for. Well, in the end it seems they fought for politics instead of for liberty from the North Vietnamese.
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Date: 2005-08-09 03:25 pm (UTC)Because the respective administrations played politics, and micromanaged the efforts on the ground, and listened to the media and the critics, it overflowed to the veterans. Many of them wonder what they fought for. Well, in the end it seems they fought for politics instead of for liberty from the North Vietnamese.