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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: michael97123 who wrote (86884)3/27/2003 8:24:45 AM
From: JustTradeEm  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Anyone else having trouble reconciling anti-vietnam days with pro-iraq war present?

Interesting dilemma you're apparently having M ....

I'd suggest that it's not too difficult to reconcile looking at it objectively.

First of all, in our younger days, we are all eternal optomists without the experience of life. It's what makes being young great.

With experience comes an understanding of reality. It's what makes the experienced wise .... lol

Second, the world we live in has changed quite a bit the past 30 - 40 years. Issues today that are a real threat to civilization did not even exist then .. AIDS is one.

So, a different world with different problems requires different priorities, different solutions. It's only natural you think differently today.

I knew a great many people who stood against the Vietnam War; it's what makes me think of those in the streets today.

The fact is, 10% of those I knew against the Vietnam War were incredibly insightful, knowledgeable and, in their way, committed to their cause.

The other 90% knew absolutely nothing other than it was the "thing to do". They couldn't spell Vietnam if you spotted them Vie and nam .... and these were college educated young people.

Times have changed ... and in hindsight, someday we'll wonder how people could have thought as they do today.

JB
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