Originally Posted by
1journeyman
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Bionic, I've posted that I'm over here for many reasons... to serve country, Iraq, gain more foreign field experience, money, to be a part of history, because liberals around here kept saying "if you support the war so much why don't you go to Iraq", etc. Sorry; That's not speaking in circles.
I was 3 when Saigon fell so when our soldiers returned home (including my father) I was probably riding my tricycle on the driveway.
Today I certainly honor their service and memory. The way they were treated when they returned was disgusting. I would never dishonor their service by supporting radical protestors that were endangering their loved ones at home while they were fighting overseas.
You need to read more on the Weather Underground. They bombed civilian work places and injured civilians. It's a miracle they didn't kill anyone. Their founders still today state they wish they had bombed more buildings. Yet you continue to defend them and say I don't get it? They are terrorists; enough said in my book.
Comparing Vietnam to WW2 falls short in a number of ways. Let's not forget, however, that the Vietnam Vets had a memorial decades before the WW2 veterans (their's was completed just a few years ago after many of them have passed away). So in some ways our country has tried to make ammends for our pathetic treatment of our soldiers. The returning WW2 veterans came home celebrating a tremendous victory in Europe and the Pacific. Don't you think that partly lead to the parades and celebrations? My Grandfather returned from Japan over 6 months after V-J day. He didn't come home to any parades or flag waving celebrations.
Actually I have read up on the Weatherman Underground. The bombing of the Capitol Building was a lower level bathroom in the middle of the night. And with the exception of a bomb that went off prematurely at Ft. Dix, the other 'attacks' they made were on empty buildings where they gave advanced notice to the authorities of exactly when and where the bomb would go off. They did this because they never had any intent of harming innocent people. They were attacking what they perceived were symbols that represented the individuals who were for the Vietnam War (i.e the Federal Govt. and military). What they did were constured as CRIMINAL attacks, not terroristic.
If you still want to chastise me for agreeing with their cause, and still want to label them as terrorists, fine. Why don't we look at the group you seem to so adamately agree with and follow - The Anti-Abortionist. How many Planned Parenthood and abortion clinics has this banded group knowingly blown up and destroyed, ALONG WITH INNOCENT VICTIMS, in the name of their cause? How many doctors who were known to perform abortions were 'assassinated' and killed by your terror cells in the name of an unborn fetus? Like I said, at least the Weatherman Underground gave advanced warning, and did everything in their power to avoid physically harming anyone. Your sadistic group did it, and still does it today, in the same manner as Al Qaeda attacked the WTC Towers. So if you do in fact support these groups, you're no better than me. "They are terrorists; enough said in my book."
