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Originally posted by Paul Victorey
Sure, it makes sense to protest a war after it begins. Our government exists to serve the people, not the other way around, and wars, once started, can still be ended. How long would we have stayed in Vietnam had the public supported it?
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I for one agree that it was right to protest the War in Vietnam, but the way we went about doing it was wrong. As soon as the U.S pulled out of Vietnam it seemed the general public forgot about the Vietnam Veterans for 10-15 years, until the Vets spoke out, Movies were made about the war, and news reported about Vietnam. Ok protest the War in Iraq, but don't forgot those who served for that would repeating the past.
The simpliest way to protest the war is not marching up and down the street with a sign, it is writting your Congressmen, Senator or even the President an letting them know where you stand on the war. I remember last weekend watching the news, I believe it was San Fransico were it happen, as I was watching they reported that a riot broke out over the war. Hogwash, it looked to me like a bunch of gang bangers taken advantage of the war and ripping off or vandalizing a vechile. As I recall from History Class, that the media when covering a large crowd has a way of sensualizing a riot by showing only a few causing the problem and/or even inciting the people to riot. Which is my reason for not protesting in this manner, is it counter-productive for it protrays a large gathering of people in a bad way, whereas, the majority of the people behave themselves were only a handful ruin it for them.