The Vietnam Syndrome

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Author Message   Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 559 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 04:24 pm:        "We've whipped the Vietnam Syndrome at last!" GBush I exulted in 1991 after his armies evicted the Iraqis from Kuwait in the most lopsided military victory in history. Has his son resurrected it? After that, and seemingly being put away after the Bill Clinton victories (against not one but TWO WWII heroes) it seemed that the bloody shirt was gone from U.S. politics, but here you have the Democrats now excoriating a presidential candidate for dodging the draft and the Republicans calling a decorated War veteran either a fake or a war criminal. Coming up, my stomach used to turn over whenever one of the WWII generation talked about another "Munich". Every damn thing was another "Munich" and everybody they wanted to beat up on was another Hitler.Are the hip hoppers gonna have to feel like this every time they hear the word, "Vietnam"? Have they been given their own "Vietnam" with the Occupation of Iraq?   Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 1097 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 05:01 pm:        OK, a-womon and Yukio. Jump in with your response to Chris' question.