[dfwgator]

Most of the anti-war activists during the Vietnam War were not "anti-war" at all. They just thought we were fighting for the wrong side.

[Media Insurgent]

"Most of the anti-war activists during the Vietnam War were not "anti-war" at all. They just thought we were fighting for the wrong side."

As evidenced by the North Vietnamese flags they used to carry around at those rallies. Interesting how that little fact gets glossed over when the media romanticises the "young idealists" of that era.

Whenever I see pictures of that, I wonder what would have happened during WWII if a bunch of idiots went around college campuses carrying swastika and rising sun flags. If they had lived to tell about it, they sure as hell wouldn't have had viable political careers when the war was over! The thing that the Democrats don't realize is that when it comes to foreign policy, the attitude of the average American today is a lot closer to the mood of 1942 than that of 1968.

[SSN558]

"Most of the anti-war activists during the Vietnam War were not "anti-war" at all. They just thought we were fighting for the wrong side."

And they were also primarily anti-draft. The anti war protests ended when the draft ended. As long as sombody else did the fighting, so they could be free to smoke pot, these hypocrites had no problem with the war.

and they were not peacful. They bombed police cars, burned buildings, attacked veterans, and started riots.