Vietnam combat soldiers

[Doug Millison]

Since it is widely accepted as historical fact that a disproportionate
number of combat soldiers in Vietnam were poor and of color -- Scratchit or
Dingleberry or one of those anonymous folks cited several historians who
made that general point while Terrance was dozing I guess  -- it would seem
appropriate that Terrance  might offer to provide facts to support what
appears to be (you haven't made a very clear point, in the final analysis)
a revisionist assertion.  Put up or shut up, as they say.

It's interesting to recall that the two U.S. Vietnam War combat veterans
who appear in Pynchon's work -- I'm thinking of the guys in Vineland who
escort Brock Vond down to the river where the Native Americans will remove
his bones -- are black and chicano, respectively.  That would be the
Pynchon novel that castigates the policies of the Reagan-Bush
Administration, if you recall.


rj -- for somebody who claims to be Australian, you sure seem to have a lot
invested in the Bush Administration.  I figure if President Bush can
exploit the 9-11 tragedy for political capital before the bodies were cold,
it's OK for me to call him on his bs.  I didnt have a chance to grieve the
loss of loved ones in NYC before he was ramming his plans for cowboy
revenge through Congress.  I'll let you write him the love letters and join
in the chorus of praise for his "statesmanship" along with the corporate
media.

-Doug








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