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Lon Stowell (lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com) wrote:
: In article <9409241515.0LFKE01@support.com> roger.monson@support.com writes:
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: >I was discussing the Viet Nam War with an acquaintance at the American 
: >Legion the other day when he made the comment "the majority of Viet Nam 
: >Veterans are screwed up in some way mentally and don't act right."

if your acquaintance believes that, to what does he/she attribute the 
reason? it seems, de facto from the statement, no understanding of the 
war. it wasn't world war II, and it wasn't the persian gulf.

it was a stinkin, fookin mess that messed up everyone in it that came 
back. it certainly messed up life for the 58,000+ who didn't come back. 
does your acquaintance have *any* idea the things these men and women 
saw? the demons they still see -- and how they've been deprived any 
ear that would listen.

yes, there's a reason more vwarriors have died since the end of the war
than during. many reasons. "blaming" the warrior contributes nothing, and
actually hurts. 
 
just my opinion.

manley@netcom.com
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