Numquam Oblita

Out of all that happened with the Vietnam War one thought stays with me. I find it desturbing that out of all the protests and demonstrations asking why, no one stopped to listen. The Vietnam War in itself was a tragedy. Young boys were fighting for a country that quite frankly didn't care to have them over there. To many of the Vietnamese American intervention was just another invading force to deal with. These people had known war all their lives. Some would say that perhaps our superiority in technology should have made them feel confident about our chances to win. But once again it should be understood that these people knew only promises and no true tangible form of peace. Okay so we were better than the NVA and the communists that had the south in their "cage" of lies and promises. Well just because you move a tiger from a steel cage to a gold cage doesn't mean that the tiger will be happy. Sure the gold is shiny and nice to look at but in the end it's still a cage. I admit that the war was wrong in some ways but still there were Americans dying over there wrong or not. I think that many people forgot that the American government wasn't the only one over there. A piece of our lives was over there as well. The very kids that everyone in small towns to big cities saw grow up were being fed to an animal with an insatiable appetite. These kids were the government. They may have had their leaders and top ranking officials but in the end the carrying out of an order came down to them. They had to fight in order to survive, but no matter how technical you get as far as orders it was still their choice. Just remember that it is okay to turn you back on or speak out against your government. Just make sure though that your heart isn't in the protest but instead it should be with the one's that make America what it is, free. As for the loved ones that did not make it out of Vietnam, Numquam Oblita.