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Sir No Sir!

By 1971, as this skilfully made film shows, discontent was widely reported by the network news. Activists created newspapers, organised ... all » protests - and, most conspicuously, went to see Jane Fonda perform in the vicinity of various military bases. From our present-day perspective, what comes through most clearly is the passionate patriotism of most of these GIs hostile to the war. They loved America but they just didn't see why they should be in Vietnam.

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  • Date 3/22/2008 6:56:45 AM
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Fuzzyman123 : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

Fuzzyman123

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253 days 21 hours ago...

We can learn a lot from the courageous opposition shown here against the Vietnam war, and apply it to the injustice we feel against the Iraq war. These guys knew how to organise a resistance and bring a government to its knees.

klavlav : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

klavlav

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253 days 13 hours ago...

Love the motto above the Presidio stockade: "Obedience to the Law is Freedom."

Either these fascists have never read Orwell and studied the 2nd World War ("Arbeit Macht Frei")or they`ve read too much.

"America" is not about freedom, it never has been. It has *always* been about the veneer of freedom covering a core of totalitarianism, a velvet glove of consumerism covering an iron fist.

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