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Why did Americans put up with the Vietnam War?
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:08 pm
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:08 pm
Seriously, why? Of all the useless wars, that was #1. Literally nothing to do with the US but people in the US let LBJ murder their sons for it. Was the propaganda on another level back then?
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Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:10 pm to Dex Morgan
Kind of off topic but there is a new documentary on Netflix about Vietnam that looks awesome. I can’t wait to sit down and watch the series one rainy shitty weather weekend
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:12 pm to Dex Morgan
MIC has to eat.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:17 pm to Dex Morgan
It was a front on our war against the USSR and the spread of communism. Just a continuation of Korea which was a continuation of WWII.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:17 pm to Dex Morgan
There were tons of protests. What do you expect them to do?
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:18 pm to Dex Morgan
There was more blind trust of our government back then.
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 12:52 am
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:19 pm to Dex Morgan
quote:
Why did Americans put up with the Vietnam War?
quote:it was all the fault of MPs
Dex Morgan
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:23 pm to Dex Morgan
Same reason many people injected poison into their arms when told to
A lot of people trust the corrupt F’ers
A lot of people trust the corrupt F’ers
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:24 pm to FLTech
quote:Yes
there is a new documentary on Netflix about Vietnam that looks awesome
I trust Netflix implicitly
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:51 pm to Dex Morgan
Top down media was most powerful under the three puppet media sources of the time. The only way they made anyone think they were separate from the government was when the CIA used them to take down Nixon. There's our version of the government, and the other one that's actually in charge and will kill presidents and take them out and do pandemics and steal elections we need to be worrying about.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:57 pm to Captain Rumbeard
The OP has never looked into the politics of the time I guess. Like all wars, Vietnam has been boiled down into talking points, mostly from people who have only bit of anti-war slogans to base their views on.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 12:19 am to Dex Morgan
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Seriously, why
Because police officers wanted to deprive Vietnamese of their rights.
Signed,
Dex Morgan
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 12:20 am
Posted on 5/18/25 at 12:24 am to hansenthered1
Tell me, what did you find noble about the Vietnam War?
Posted on 5/18/25 at 12:25 am to Dex Morgan
quote:
Was the propaganda on another level back then?
You ever heard of Covid?
Posted on 5/18/25 at 12:25 am to SwampMonster
Ah, my fan club is here! Gotta love the groupies.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 12:32 am to Kafka
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Yes I trust Netflix
implicitly
Watched the 9/11 Hunt for Binladen one earlier. The Obama/netflix influence def showed at the end. Was interesting to see them throw Biden under the bus though as the only one opposing to go into Pakistan. I assume Joe probably got 10% from them back then too. Most of the ppl didn’t seem very smart and did slightly expose the CIA with a few Freudian slips.
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 12:33 am
Posted on 5/18/25 at 12:37 am to FLTech
@FLTech its a great documentary heck yeah 
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:08 am to Dex Morgan
When the income tax was ratified as constitutional, we had a revenue source for endless wars.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 6:09 am to Dex Morgan
Why are we putting up with the Ukrainian war?
Posted on 5/18/25 at 6:42 am to Dex Morgan
quote:
Literally nothing to do with the US but people in the US let LBJ murder their sons for it.
In a nutshell. The American war machine used the spread to communism to justify its involvement. The draft was an order. The only way to avoid it was medically, conscientious objector (to serve non combat duty) or to leave the country,
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 7:00 am
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