To: greenspirit who wrote (20969 ) 4/26/1998 2:29:00 AM From: Grainne Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Michael, I think you may be forgetting that the war in Viet Nam was played out on a world stage. Not only were there troops from other countries involved in helping us there, but there were also Buddhist monks in other places burning themselves alive to get public attention. The brutality of that war resonated everywhere. Your argument is also illogical in that American anti-war demonstrations were heavily covered by the foreign press, and reported on television and in newspapers and magazines worldwide. And there were many European young people who joined wholeheartedly in making their feelings known. They also watched the My Lai massacre reporting, and saw the film clips over and over of the Kent State murders of students who were protesting the war.
