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Thread #80716   Message #1478604
Posted By: rich-joy
05-May-05 - 05:19 AM
Thread Name: Vietnam war demos by soldiers DOCU
Subject: RE: Vietnam war demos by soldiers DOCU
Sorry if my questions have caused upset, but it WAS a genuine query from someone in a country that is a long way distant from the U.S.A.

And from the documentary I saw ("Sir! No Sir!" : I don't know who made it ...), and from the ex-armed forces personnel interviewed within that film, the anti-Vietnam War movement WITHIN the U.S. Armed Forces SEEMED to have been huge (and this was previously unknown to me).

So, as Jed has assured me that today's troops are PRO the current war effort, I was interested to know if much of that difference between then and now, has something to do with those CHOOSING to join up (as now) and those being MOSTLY CONSCRIPTED to fight (as then) ...

... it's also hard if no-one else has seen the SAME film, I guess ... sigh ...



So, I'll just get back in me little Aussie Box and shuddup then!
Cheers! R-J