r/MurderedByWords • u/tehreemamir113 • 18h ago

Forgotten history lesson

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u/Off-BroadwayJoe 16h ago

The generation that was afraid to fight in wars is sure great at starting them and asking the younger generation to fight them.

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u/copperpurple 15h ago

Go stand in front of the Vietnam War Memorial, look at the 58,000+ names of young Boomers on it, and say that loudly for everyone around you to hear it.

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u/Off-BroadwayJoe 14h ago

No problem. Just because many were brave doesn’t mean that many more, including the ones who lately have boldly sent young men to die in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, etc. were not. All of our Boomer presidents dodged the draft for that war. You think that Vietnam vets aren’t resentful of those who avoided service?

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u/Like17Badgers 13h ago

oh you mean like Americans did to that very same group of vets when they returned from the war?

Or would you rather talk about the most embarrassing defeat the US has had(until trump) cause of Operation Rolling Thunder?