Yes, I remember those posts well, still, I appreciate the refresher... I don't have any problem with conscientious objectors at the time, they were able to serve in non-combatant ways... I certainly respect one's internal preferences even though they may conflict with external demands... When I enlisted, I met a number of conscientious objectors during and before my basic training, but they did serve when they were called.....
Today, we can enjoy the benefit of 20-20 hindsight and casually discuss the rightness and wrongness of the Vietnam policies, but the domino theory was actually in full swing and it was real, contrary to what many people think today...
Just as an aside, we all know that history tends to repeat itself if we're not vigilant of history... no joke, during a recent study, high school students were asked if they knew what the domino theory was and 70% of them thought that it meant if the pizza didn't arrive within 30 minutes, the pizza is free..... what happened to the educational system in our country? Soldiers should protect us from hostilities and teachers should protect us from ignorance.....
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