blackcat
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 Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: The Hidden Story of the Americans that Finished Vietnam War |
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http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/167126
| Quote: | The Hidden Story of the Americans that Finished the Vietnam War
By: atheo on: 13.06.2008 [00:33 ] (1977 reads)
Excerpts and adaptation: The Soldier's Revolt, by Joel Geier
The hidden war
Our army that now remains in Vietnam is in a state approaching collapse, with individual units avoiding or having refused combat, murdering their officers and noncommissioned officers, drug-ridden, and dispirited where not near-mutinous Conditions exist among American forces in Vietnam that have only been exceeded in this century by...the collapse of the Tsarist armies in 1916 and 1917. ( Armed Forces Journal, June 1971 )
The most neglected aspect of the Vietnam War is the soldiers' revolt--the mass upheaval from below that unraveled the American army. It is a great reality check in an era when the U.S. touts itself as an invincible nation. For this reason, the soldiers' revolt has been written out of official history.
The army revolt pitted enlisted soldiers against officers who viewed them as expendable. Liberal academics have reduced the radicalism of the 1960s to middle-class concerns and activities, while ignoring military rebellion. But the militancy of the 1960s began with the Black liberation struggle, and it reached its climax with the unity of White and Black soldiers. |
Lengthy article continues at http://www.isreview.org/issues/09/soldiers_revolt.shtml . This is completely news to me!! Could something similar happen in Iraq??????
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"The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power and influence. Our sole influence is public outrage. Extract from "Cloud Atlas (page 125) by David Mitchell. |
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