Vietnam
Memories Still Linger
The Dove of a Forced "Trained Killer"
SINCE I AM A "WINTER SOLDIER" I.E. ONE WHO WILL NOT DESERT IN TIME OF CRISIS, I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK, WITH AUTHORITY, ON THIS VERY HAUNTING SUBJECT. I AM AND WAS A WAR CRIMINAL FOR I WAS FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVIL VIETNAM WAR. HOW I WAS EVER ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE ARMY WITH AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. I DESPISE INCOMPETENCE, AND THE ARMY IS FULL OF INCOMPETENT PEOPLE.
THE ATROCITIES OF VIETNAM, WHICH I SOMEHOW "MISSED" WERE COMPARABLE TO THOSE COMMITTED BY THE NAZIS. HOWEVER, I COULDN'T AND WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT MASSACRE OF "INFERIOR" HUMAN BEINGS. MY LAI COMES TO MIND IMMEDIATELY. NATURALLY, IT WAS COVERED-UP, UNTIL THE UNINFORMED AMERICAN PUBLIC WAS MADE AWARE OF IT.
THE AMERICANS LEARNED FROM THE GERMANS, WHO LEARNED FROM THE UNITED STATES WHEN WE SUBJECTED THE NATIVE AMERICANS TO THEIR HORRORS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS COUNTRY. THE NAZIS REMEMBERED OUR PAST "SUCCESS" AND USED OUR EXAMPLE OF SUBJECTING OTHER "INFERIOR" PEOPLE, IN THIS CASE, THE JEWS, TO HORRENDOUS TORTURE AND DEATH, JUST AS "CHRISTIAN" AMERICA SUBJECTED THE "INFERIOR" VIETNAMESE TO DESPICABLE HORRORS.
I'M STILL IN VIETNAM, UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN OUT OF THAT COUNTRY, PHYSICALLY, FOR OVER 34 YEARS! THE HORRORS AND MEMORIES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN FOR IT WAS COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE!
IN FACT, IT WAS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE AND LONGEST WAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. OVER 140,000 MEN HAVE DIED BY THEIR OWN HAND OR OVER TWICE AS MANY WHOSE NAMES ARE ON THE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE VIETNAM WALL IN WASHINGTON D.C. EVEN MORE WASTE!