Friday, December 23, 2022

Ukraine war

Up until the mid-1960s, much of the reporting on the Vietnam War was supportive of the war effort. Many Americans believed their soldiers were defending Vietnam from Communist aggression, including from China or the Soviet Union. By the late 1960s, however, reports of the war showed that the US was not making progress, and some Americans began to question US motives and involvement altogether. If that sounds familiar maybe it is time to wake up. It wasn't until two years after American troops begin to arrive in Vietnam that people begin to question what they were doing there. When some in the press change from promoting the war they were accused of being communist sympathizers. Today if you oppose sending aid to Ukraine you are accused of being pro Putin. Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. Churchill 1948

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