Ken Burns’ “The Vietnam War” continues to eat at me. Does every President need a war? Does history in any way guide the decision to go to war? How many of those who support a war have a loved one on the front lines?
Imagine a big scale. On one side is principles, power, politics and national interests. On the other side is the pile of bloody, lifeless, mangled bodies and psyches destroyed by war. How does the scale tip?
Is cowardice continuing a war to save political face? Is courage the act of saying enough is enough? These questions have plagued humans for generations upon generations. “The Vietnam War” brings them clearly and forcefully to us again
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