From trista taylor, on Fri, 05 Dec 2003 00:38:49 GMT (in response to: Vietnam- a waste?)
I don't know about you but i would have to say that any war is a loss. There are so many people who die every day why should the country and the governmaent add to that number isn't it high enough as it stands. My dad was a vetaran of the vietnam war and he is so effected by the things he saw its rediculous. He went to war at 16 and is now 52 and the sights that he saw will haunt him for the rest of his life he he has on son who is deaf and another who was diagnosed with brain cancer at 12 which are both side affect of agent orange exposure from vietnam the government wont admitt to that. SO try to justify to someone that has lived it that it was not a loss all sounds pretty messed up to me.
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