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Originally Posted by dlish
I dread the day they have to cover a story where US soldeirs are involved.
....and people are asking why 'they' hate you??
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American soldiers and Marines do not have a monopoly on bad shit that happens in war. 'they' don't need this to hate 'us'. 'Us against them 'them' has been used for centuries to motivate people against others. However I doubt it is going to be the deciding factor to get that guy off the fence to set a roadside bomb.
Even Japanese soldiers and civilians in WWII were conditioned to believe that American soldiers were going to rape the women and kill the children.
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Originally Posted by uncle phil
damn, viet nam was such a long time ago...
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No it wasn't Phil. It is just that the culture of self loathing and hating the soldier instead of the politics that sends young men to war really took hold then IMHO.