It's Happening Again!

[scotto]

"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic."

Richard Nixon

It's Happening Again!

"...I (we) don't see all the news coverage that you in the states see. I do see some Fox News and CNN...CNN is the voice of the anti-war movement. I wonder that if CNN had been around in 1942 we might all be speaking German and Japanese. I can tell you this: everything I have heard on CNN is so biased, negative and out-of-touch that I will never watch CNN for the rest of my life."
Chaplain Steven P. Unger
LCDR, CHC, USN
Multi National Corps-Iraq


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"Don't believe for one second that these people do not want us there. I have met many, many people from Iraq that want us there, and in a bad way. They say they will never see the freedoms we talk about but they hope their children will. We are doing a good job in Iraq, and I challenge anyone, anywhere to dispute me on these facts."
Ray Reynolds, SFC
Iowa Army National Guard
234th Signal Battalion


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"...what we found is what we always find: a majority of people being intimidated, terrorized and oppressed by a radical, fanatical and clinically INSANE few. We found people who want us to finish this fight, no matter how long it takes, and who were genuinely appreciative of our efforts...a little different than what you hear out of NY and Washington News Rooms."
LtCol Mark A. Smith
Mayhem 6 CO
Task Force 2/24
Mahmudiyah, IZ
2nd Bn, 24th Marines
H&S Co, Bn Cmdr

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-scotto

[JohnRN]

http://www.optruth.org/

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/


Two "different" sources that talk of the same situation but in different vein.

Draw your own conlcusions ladies and gentlemen.

[Bluehawk]

Well, "it" ain't GONNA happen exactly the same as it did back then... most of us are hip to that little trick this time.

[AT3Weins]

So true Blue.

[AT3Weins]

Originally Posted by John.

Draw your own conlcusions ladies and gentlemen.

Sadly most people blindly believe what they see on the news and read in the papers or online. They assume that since it's a "big name" reporting that it "must be fact" and "the truth".

[Woodmonkey]

Originally Posted by Bluehawk

Well, "it" ain't GONNA happen exactly the same as it did back then... most of us are hip to that little trick this time.

Also, those of us when went through that with friends/family/loved ones in Nam aren't about to be quiet about it if they try that crap again. The vets won't put up with seeing another generation of soldiers being shown such hate and disrespect either.

[JohnRN]

Originally Posted by AT3Weins

Sadly most people blindly believe what they see on the news and read in the papers or online. They assume that since it's a "big name" reporting that it "must be fact" and "the truth".

Well the guys at OpTruth don't need to watch the news -- they ARE the news...

*shrugs*

I still think it's a little presumptuous and preposterous to compare this war with Vietnam.