Comments on: Those were the days, my friend: Vietnam and Iraq protests, protesters, and nostalgia http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/ Tue, 22 May 2012 04:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Those were the days, my friend: Vietnam protests, protestors, and … | vietnam war http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-34816 Those were the days, my friend: Vietnam protests, protestors, and … | vietnam war Fri, 04 May 2007 20:40:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-34816 [...] had gone on for about five years and caused approximately 22000 US deaths. The draft was still very much in operation, and it s no coincidence that the demonstrators were … …READ MORE… [...] [...] had gone on for about five years and caused approximately 22000 US deaths. The draft was still very much in operation, and it s no coincidence that the demonstrators were … …READ MORE… [...]

]]> By: In Rare Joint Interview, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn on Iraq … | vietnam war http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-34472 In Rare Joint Interview, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn on Iraq … | vietnam war Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:04:25 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-34472 [...] By November of 1969 major US involvement in the Vietnam War had gone on for about five years and caused approximately 22000 US deaths. The draft was still very much in operation, and it s no coincidence that the demonstrators were … …READ MORE… [...] [...] By November of 1969 major US involvement in the Vietnam War had gone on for about five years and caused approximately 22000 US deaths. The draft was still very much in operation, and it s no coincidence that the demonstrators were … …READ MORE… [...]

]]> By: Edgar Broughton Band - Wasa Wasa(1969)(Bonus Track… | vietnam war http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-34435 Edgar Broughton Band - Wasa Wasa(1969)(Bonus Track… | vietnam war Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:47:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-34435 [...] By November of 1969 major US involvement in the Vietnam War had gone on for about five years and caused approximately 22000 US deaths. The draft was still very much in operation, and it s no coincidence that the demonstrators were … …READ MORE… [...] [...] By November of 1969 major US involvement in the Vietnam War had gone on for about five years and caused approximately 22000 US deaths. The draft was still very much in operation, and it s no coincidence that the demonstrators were … …READ MORE… [...]

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]]> By: billhedrick http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32466 billhedrick Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:35:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32466 You know, that "If you support the war, why don't you sign up" is <i><b>SO</b></i> 2004. There are tones of good legitimate reasons for a 18-28 year old not to sign up for the military even if he supports the war. If you can't acknowledge that, you are showing both obtuseness and intolerance. You know, that “If you support the war, why don’t you sign up” is SO 2004.

There are tones of good legitimate reasons for a 18-28 year old not to sign up for the military even if he supports the war. If you can’t acknowledge that, you are showing both obtuseness and intolerance.

]]> By: Donald A Plisco http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32376 Donald A Plisco Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:45:09 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32376 Geez, I was never a neocon...I guess I've always been a common conservative and common man. I volunteered for the Army and volunteered for Nam. 'Spent 9 months there before I was medivaced back. It didn't change my mind about how I felt about my country then. I was one of those, who were literally spit on and called a baby killer. It broke my heart...but it didn't change how I felt about my country. Years of college and then, many more, chasing broken dreams and ambitions to no end. The body breaks down and your beard turns grey. The broken dreams remain...the goals unchanged. I see today, what I've endured back then. The same decievers and haters are practicing their arts again...My heart still pains. Not just for me and mine, so many years ago, but for the brave young soldiers this morning, that do what soldiers always do. Love their nation and offer service and sacrifice, without reserve and refrain. I don't want them to feel the pain I felt... Not the wounds I suffered over there, but a deeper, more searing scar I recieved, when I came home. But it hasn't changed my mind. I still love my country...I alway's will. I feel they do too. Those who paid the ultimate price, and those who are still paying in ways most of you will never know...The currency is love for our country, and the recepient is you. God Bless America Don in Tulsa Geez, I was never a neocon…I guess I’ve always been a common conservative and common man.
I volunteered for the Army and volunteered for Nam. ‘Spent 9 months there before I was medivaced back.
It didn’t change my mind about how I felt about my country then.
I was one of those, who were literally spit on and called a baby killer. It broke my heart…but it didn’t change how I felt about my country.

Years of college and then, many more, chasing broken dreams and ambitions to no end.
The body breaks down and your beard turns grey. The broken dreams remain…the goals unchanged.

I see today, what I’ve endured back then. The same decievers and haters are practicing their arts again…My heart still pains. Not just for me and mine, so many years ago, but for the brave young soldiers this morning, that do what soldiers always do. Love their nation and offer service and sacrifice, without reserve and refrain.
I don’t want them to feel the pain I felt… Not the wounds I suffered over there, but a deeper, more searing scar I recieved, when I came home.

But it hasn’t changed my mind. I still love my country…I alway’s will. I feel they do too. Those who paid the ultimate price, and those who are still paying in ways most of you will never know…The currency is love for our country, and the recepient is you.

God Bless America

Don in Tulsa

]]> By: Vietnam - Vietnam » Those were the days, my friend: Vietnam protests, protestors, and … http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32313 Vietnam - Vietnam » Those were the days, my friend: Vietnam protests, protestors, and … Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:05:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32313 [...] , and my own small participation in the antiwar effort, in the multi-part Section 4 (it starts here) of my A mind is a difficult thing to change series. So I m not going to go into … – Read More – [...] [...] , and my own small participation in the antiwar effort, in the multi-part Section 4 (it starts here) of my A mind is a difficult thing to change series. So I m not going to go into … – Read More – [...]

]]> By: Vietnam » Blog Archive » While the recording will be played for the RSPB,… http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32287 Vietnam » Blog Archive » While the recording will be played for the RSPB,… Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:22:45 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32287 [...] I ve already written at length about the 60s, Vietnam, and my own small participation in the antiwar effort, in the multi-part Section 4 (it starts here) of my A mind is a difficult thing to change series. So I m not going to go into … – more – [...] [...] I ve already written at length about the 60s, Vietnam, and my own small participation in the antiwar effort, in the multi-part Section 4 (it starts here) of my A mind is a difficult thing to change series. So I m not going to go into … – more – [...]

]]> By: Lee http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32261 Lee Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:24:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32261 "Tune in; turn on; drop out", man. “Tune in; turn on; drop out”, man.

]]> By: Lee http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32260 Lee Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:22:16 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/19/those-were-the-days-my-friend-vietnam-protests-protestors-and-nostalgia/#comment-32260 But Queen Nicky, Al Qaeda WAS and IS connected to Iraq. It's like saying "Mussolini had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor". Richard Cohen says so, Richard Clark says so, the 9\11 Commission says so. You're either with us or against us. Iraq chose "against". Iraq supported terrorists who attacked us. Iraq's "direct" connection to 9\11 is irrelevant. And you've just been bested by a hippie on drugs, loser. At least TC the resident nazi makes it challenging. But Queen Nicky, Al Qaeda WAS and IS connected to Iraq. It’s like saying “Mussolini had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor”. Richard Cohen says so, Richard Clark says so, the 9\11 Commission says so. You’re either with us or against us. Iraq chose “against”. Iraq supported terrorists who attacked us. Iraq’s “direct” connection to 9\11 is irrelevant. And you’ve just been bested by a hippie on drugs, loser. At least TC the resident nazi makes it challenging.

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