Tag: Vietnam War

Revisiting the legacy of Henry Kissinger: war crimes overlooked by U.S. media’s adulation

Efforts to portray the U.S. government’s military actions as well-meaning and virtuous are incessant. The pretenses that falsify the past are foreshadowing excuses for future warfare.

At a time when Americans had little interest in the Vietnam War.

On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the Texan signed into law the Civil...

The lessons of two failed wars...

A new book refutes a central myth about the Vietnam War.

And it’s not the War on Terror!

As with the needless sacrifice of our young Amerikans during Vietnam, ditto for the use of them again in these Middle Eastern 'phony wars'. 

Hopefully we can all learn something useful for today by looking back at this crucial event through the eyes of someone whose worldview was shaped by his participation in it.

The movement must keep its focus on the issues. We must not allow ourselves to get distracted.