Reply #15: In a strange way, reading about the sad experiences like the ones above [View All]

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

gives me hope too. I am 40 and being shallow and not terribly bright most of my life, I never understood why the people slightly older than me were always talking about Vietnam through the eighties and nineties.

But the past few years it has started to come together and make sense to me. I was a Clark supporter, but now that it appears Kerry may be the nominee, there is a lot that is positive about it because he went to Vietnam and then he came home and spoke out against the unfairness of it and he has the vets speaking with him. He isn't perfect, as no candidate is, but maybe the vets can help this country to learn from history and to try to be serious and thoughtful about solving some of the problems, like race, that lead to it and have led to the Iraq mess.

It sure is a stark departure away from despicable Bush and everything he stands for. I am glad the vets feel like they are finally getting heard and think hearing from them will benefit the coutry immensely.