Archive for the ‘ Lies about the Vietnam War ’ Category
This movie review of "Lions for Lambs" is written to correct myths and lies portrayed in it about the Vietnam War. The movie is very entertaining, and well acted. It actually captures the "essence" of the combat experience and the love of two soldiers for each other who find themselves in a life or death struggle. It also perpetuates several myths, blatant falsehoods, about the Vietnam War[ READ MORE ]
America is repeating the mistakes we made in Vietnam and putting our troops at unnecessary risk. During the Vietnam War, the television images of the fighting, and the commentary of journalists often skewed the truth, contributing to the burgeoning anti-war movement. Political leaders, for the sake of politics, declared defeat and eventually legislated the end to military support of our ally, South Vietnam, and we abandoned them to their fate. Overly restrictive Rules of Engagement hampered our military's effectiveness, and the American public failed to support the American military in Vietnam. These lessons from history are being repeated today in Iraq and Afghanistan[ READ MORE ]
During his sworn testimony before Congress's Fulbright Committee in April 1971, John Kerry falsely accused Vietnam combat veterans of a wide range of war crimes, contributing to the undeserved reputation we lived with for decades after the war was over[ READ MORE ]