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Re:War Without End by Joakal on Friday August 10, 2018 @04:53AM (#17731702)
Why did USA get so up in arms with Korea, Vietnam War, etc but not USA's ongoing Afghanistan/(Iraq?) war?
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Re:War Without End by mmjaa on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:39AM (#17749169)
Because after Vietnam, Americans were not allowed to see the results of their warfare on television. Were it possible to publish war-crimes evidence freely and without military oversight, Americans would have much less lust for the wars they have been conned into paying for ..
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Re:War Without End by krylon on Friday August 10, 2018 @07:49AM (#17732443)
Presumably because of the military draft, which was abolished in the aftermath of the Vietnam war, IIRC.
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Re:War Without End by HedgeSparrow on Friday August 10, 2018 @12:08PM (#17734584)
I also suspect fatigue. For a lot of US citizens, the war has taken place a for a majority of their (our) life.
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