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It was very nice of you to say that. But because you were so nice it makes it difficult for me to say something that I must say.

We, who fought in Vietnam, didn’t do anything to secure freedom for anyone. I think we (as a whole, but certainly not individualy) put freedom back a couple of decades more than anything else.

We proved that a foreign military force could invade another country against its’ own majority wishes and deprive those people of their own freedom while doing nothing for the good of the American population either, other than to boost the income of the already rich american businessmen.

The average American citizen however, gained nothing from the war. As a matter of fact those guys (us) were put into a dangerous situation and cost many thousands of our lives not to mention how many Vietnamese perished. Lord only knows that.

…. and what happened to us, who survived, is another terrible story. The end of which is not yet come. We got fucked. Royally fucked.

But that doesn't diminish the value of your appreciation. Thank you very much for saying it.

You're even more of a realists than I am, Crompsin. How is it that you've escaped the "warning percentage scale" while I'm already well on my way to hitting the half-way mark?