Bob, a gentle "Amen" to your rant. Adventure was a poor choice of words.
As I sit at my computer, the box rests in view a few feet away. It came
with me as I moved into my apartment for graduate school. Thought there
might be time to scan a few . . . perhaps one day the time will be there.
Until then I will embrace the opportunities to let a few tears flow.
Bill Barber
In a message dated 12/6/2013 8:06:49 A.M. Central Standard Time,
bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
RANT ALERT
Nothing personal, John, but it wasn't an adventure. It was a goddamn
military, diplomatic and cultural tragedy of epic proportions, both for the
United States and its allies, and particularly for the Vietnamese. Sixty
thousand of my brothers and eight of my sisters died in the war. Guestimates
suggest upwards of two million Vietnamese died. For what? Let me refresh our
memories: NOTHING. Not a goddamn thing.
Vietnam was many things. It _was not_ an adventure. Sadly, tragically, the
non-adventure continues.
As for the BBC report, IMO, it was fatuous, without merit or meaning.
Nothing new reported. No new light shed on photography. Just war porn.
END OF RANT
--Bob Whitmire
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