Had we taught the lessons of the Philippine American War and the failed American Colonial/Commonwealth relationship with that country, rather than suppressing it, there would never have been a war in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan.
Soldiers don't choose their mission, civilian politicians do and we have lost many soldiers, and killed many civilians who never were a threat, simply because we allowed the frivolity of politics and commerce to lead our nation to war.
Our soldiers in Vietnam were sent their for no good purpose. To denigrate them is to blame the victim. Those who should be denigrated are the politicians and business men who viewed unnecessary wars, and the squandering of innocent lives as a positive for them. And the American people are worthy of scorn, as well, because even with the life and death consequences of war, they can't be bothered to interrupt their busy schedules of nothingness to consider whether or not war is the proper path. As they say, the banality of evil.
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