Unclebaldrick
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Like many of you I have been watching this on PBS (thanks Obama)
My first recollection of the war was when I was about 4 years old, probably shortly before Tet. My mother was an artist and we went to art fairs every weekend. I come from a middle class family but these tended to be fairly progressive affairs. She ran out from her booth for some coffee or food or something and when she returned she regaled my father with the tale of the being approached by a young hippy girl who was trying to hand her some literature in favor of stopping the war.
"War?" my mother said. "What war?"
"The tewwible war waging in southeast asia" my mother recounted making fun of the girl's lisp.
"It isn't a war" said my mother, "It's a police action"
Jesus fucking christ. I have always remember this with increasing embarrassment.
My first recollection of the war was when I was about 4 years old, probably shortly before Tet. My mother was an artist and we went to art fairs every weekend. I come from a middle class family but these tended to be fairly progressive affairs. She ran out from her booth for some coffee or food or something and when she returned she regaled my father with the tale of the being approached by a young hippy girl who was trying to hand her some literature in favor of stopping the war.
"War?" my mother said. "What war?"
"The tewwible war waging in southeast asia" my mother recounted making fun of the girl's lisp.
"It isn't a war" said my mother, "It's a police action"
Jesus fucking christ. I have always remember this with increasing embarrassment.
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