Lots of people lean to the left here huh?

Byrnzie said:

Godfather. said:

) this place is like a hippie camp from the 60's and when war started many of them ran with their tales between their between thier legs to canada.

Godfather.

The anti-war movement was mostly run by veterans who had served their time in Vietnam.

But then I expect you wouldn't know that from watching the t.v.

some or mostly ? "mostly run by veterans who had served their time in Vietnam." here's challenge,prove that statement with more than a artical from the Blaze my friend.


Godfather.

Godfather. said:

Byrnzie said:

Godfather. said:

) this place is like a hippie camp from the 60's and when war started many of them ran with their tales between their between thier legs to canada.

Godfather.

The anti-war movement was mostly run by veterans who had served their time in Vietnam.

But then I expect you wouldn't know that from watching the t.v.

some or mostly ? "mostly run by veterans who had served their time in Vietnam." here's challenge,prove that statement with more than a artical from the Blaze my friend.


Godfather.

http://www.vvaw.org/about/
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. (VVAW) is a national veterans' organization that was founded in New York City in 1967 after six Vietnam vets marched together in a peace demonstration. It was organized to voice the growing opposition among returning servicemen and women to the still-raging war in Indochina, and grew rapidly to a membership of over 30,000 throughout the United States as well as active duty GIs stationed in Vietnam. Through ongoing actions and grassroots organization, VVAW exposed the ugly truth about US involvement in Southeast Asia and our first-hand experiences helped many other Americans to see the unjust nature of that war.

VVAW quickly took up the struggle for the rights and needs of veterans. In 1970, we started the first rap groups to deal with traumatic after-effects of war, setting the example for readjustment counselling at Vet Centers now. We exposed the shameful neglect of many disabled vets in VA Hospitals and helped draft legislation to improve educational benefits and create job programs. VVAW fought for amnesty for war resisters, including vets with bad discharges. We helped make known the negative health effects of exposure to chemical defoliants and the VA's attempts to cover-up these conditions as well as their continued refusal to provide treatment and compensation for many Agent Orange Victims.


http://www.isreview.org/issues/22/feat-franklin.shtml
Thousands of veterans who had fought in Vietnam moved to the forefront of the antiwar movement after they returned to the United States, and they-together with thousands of active-duty GIs-soon began to play a crucial role in the domestic movement. Dozens of teach-ins on college campuses were led by Vietnam veterans, who spoke at hundreds of rallies. More and more demonstrations were led by large contingents of veterans and active-duty servicepeople, who often participated under risk of grave punishment. The vanguard of that Washington demonstration by half a million people in the spring of 1971 was a contingent of a thousand Vietnam veterans, many in wheelchairs and on crutches, who then conducted “a limited incursion into the country of Congress,” which they called Dewey Canyon III (Dewey Canyon I was a 1969 covert “incursion” into Laos; Dewey Canyon II was the disastrous February 1971 invasion of Laos). About 800 marched up to a barricade hastily erected to keep them away from the Capitol and hurled back their Purple Hearts, Bronze Stars, Silver Stars, and campaign ribbons at the government that had bestowed them.

The antiwar movement initiated back in 1945 by those hundreds of merchant seamen protesting U.S. participation in the French attempt to reconquer Vietnam was thus consummated in a movement of tens of millions of ordinary American citizens spearheaded by soldiers, sailors, fliers, and veterans, which finally ended the war with a recognition that Vietnam could be neither divided nor conquered by the United States.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Against_the_War
Winter Soldier Investigation

In January 1971, VVAW sponsored The Winter Soldier Investigation to gather and present testimony from soldiers about war crimes being committed in Southeast Asia and demonstrate they were committed as a result of American war policies. Intended as a public event, it was boycotted by much of the mainstream media, although the Detroit Free Press covered it daily and immediately began investigating what was being said. No records of fraudulent participants or fraudulent testimony were produced.[13]

Veterans applying for participation in the investigation were asked if they witnessed or participated in a list of transgressions, including search and destroy missions, crop destruction, and POW mistreatment.[14]

This event was estimated to have cost the VVAW $50,000–$75,000.[15] It was financially supported by the fund-raising efforts of several celebrity peace activists, with actress Jane Fonda soliciting over $10,000 in donations at 54 college campuses for the VVAW.[16] Winter Soldier Investigation testimonies were read into the Congressional Record by Senator Mark Hatfield (R-OR). In 1972, VVAW continued antiwar protests, and released Winter Soldier, a 16mm black-and-white documentary film showing participants giving testimony at the 1971 hearing, as well as footage of the Dewey Canyon III week of protest events. This film is currently on limited distribution and is now available on DVD.



This feature-length documentary focuses on the efforts by troops in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to oppose the war effort by peaceful demonstration and subversion. It speaks mainly to veterans, but serves as a ready reminder to civilians that soldiers may oppose war as stridently as any civilian, and at greater personal peril.

Sir! No Sir!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nPJgeg6hpA

Cosmo said:

Godfather. said:

) this place is like a hippie camp from the 60's and when war started many of them ran with their tales between their between thier legs to canada.

Godfather.

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Question: How old were you in 1965?
Question: If you were 18 years old in 1965, would your above statement still be the same?
Thanx.

I was 5 yrs old, when I turned 18 we still had to go the post office and regester for the draft and I remember very clearly being scared a little but I new then that I would never run and hide,that's just not and never has been in my blood...but like I said I still remember the fear that day,my biggest fear after that was getting a hair cut if I had to go.hahhahhahhah


Godfather.

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