David Zeiger's, from Sir, No Sir!
The GIs. That's who.
Can history repeat itself?
Trailer for the film "Sir! No Sir!"
It's a little known fact, but it was the GIs who ultimately shut down the
Vietnam War.
There's nothing the military hates more than a widespread mutiny. And
that's exactly what they were facing in the latter half of the war. Many
informed analysts believe this was the true cause of the US withdrawal
from Vietnam. "In the 1960's an anti-war movement emerged that altered
the course of history. This movement didn't take place on college
campuses, but in barracks and on aircraft carriers. It flourished in army
stockades, navy brigs and in the dingy towns that surround military
bases. It penetrated elite military colleges like West Point. And it
spread throughout the battlefields of Vietnam. It was a movement no
one expected, least of all those in it. Hundreds went to prison and
thousands into exile. And by 1971 it had, in the words of one colonel,
infested the entire armed services. Yet today few people know about the
GI movement against the war in Vietnam.
Too bad we haven't seemed to learn from that error, even with all those
thousands of names engraved on that black stone wall in Washington
DC.
War, what is it good for? Except to help enrich an elite few, while
leaving death, atrocities, environmental and emotional damage behind!
Its time for Humans to EVOLVE! Say YES to PEACE!
The Vietnam War..."
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