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Re: Subject: Chomsky and John Paul Vann on the War
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Matthew Levy <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussions on the writings and lectures of Noam Chomsky <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 1 May 1997 10:34:09 -0700
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On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Wat Tyler wrote:

> I suppose Tony Hollick would like to have the Vietnam War veterans treated
> as heroes. Why would that be?
>
> Tony Hollick wrote:
> >    Neither Sheehan, Vann, myself or Ranelagh are promoting (or apologizing
> >for) the 'official line.'  The 'official line' on Vietnam now seems to be to
> >_forget_ it, which is one of the reasons why there were 250 000 US military
> >veterans homeless this last bitter winter, many of them Vietnam War veterans.
> >I think this is _execrable cruelty_.
>
> -- Wat Tyler
>

I agree that it is a travesty that there are 250000 homeless veterans; but
this is a travesty because it is a travesty for anyone to be homeless,
not because veterans should be treated as a heroes.

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