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To: epicure who wrote (234961)7/2/2007 12:46:07 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
This has been a very strange war. It's disconnect from the American people is much greater than what I remember from the Vietnam war.

No question about that. But the casualties are much lower; there is no draft; the Administration doesn't allow photographers at Dover AFB, and [as a social comment] people are more self-centered than they were during the Vietnam War. I think technology has a lot to do with that last one. Less social interaction.

jttmab



To: epicure who wrote (234961)7/2/2007 1:48:48 PM
From: michael97123  Respond to of 281500
 
No draft and no domestic issues like civil rights to energize students. Most folks dont give a damn, figuring the volunteers knew what they were getting themselves in for. I once said something here about the tours of duty being extended and the disruption for national guard and reserve folks who certainly didnt sign up for this, and one poster who is supposed to be a war hero from vietnam came back to me with the tought shit answer.


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