our "foot-soldiers"

[Dan Jizzenberry]

When we look at the facts, we can identify a difference in the economic
status of the people that served in the USA services during W.W.II and
since W.W.II.

>>>>>No shit.

But this fancy foot work, foot soldiers, officers, working class,
substantial middle class, poor, black, welfare recipients.... is a waste
of time.

>>>>>Is it? Does equality mean anything to you? Does it shock you to find 
>>>>>out that, in the 1980s, nearly 1/3 of America's homeless population 
>>>>>were Vietnam vets. More fancy footwork?

The facts are available from several reliable sources.

>>>>>Such as? Let me help you out. How about Loren Baritz's "Backfire"? Or 
>>>>>Stanley Karnow's "Vietnam: A History"? Or Josefina J. Card's "Lives 
>>>>>After Vietnam: the personal impact of military service"? Or Michael 
>>>>>MacLear's "Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War"? Or Andrew E. Hunt's "The 
>>>>>Turning Point: A History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War"? None of 
>>>>>these sources have the temerity to claim that the Vietnam war was 
>>>>>equitable in the least, and none of them are historians who are known 
>>>>>for producing leftist propaganda. Why do you think Al Gore made a point 
>>>>>of telling the nation that he willingly enlisted to fight in Vietnam? 
>>>>>If it was common for rich white boys to sign up for a tour of duty in 
>>>>>Vietnam, Al's confession/public relations stunt would have been a  
>>>>>futile act to say the least.


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