Reply #17: The Vietnam Conflict Was Piped Directly Into Living rooms [View All]

The evening news would have incredible battlefield footage. I remember being maybe 12 years old, footage with sound shot from the inside of a helicopter that landed in the middle of a battle to pick up soldiers, many of whom had sustained grievous wounds, their fellow soldiers dragging them to the helicopter and pushing them in while bullets were flying in hitting soldiers in the copter, taking down the guys trying to drag soldiers toward the copter, grenades were exploding, bombs were falling from the sky, Viet Cong were dashing around shooting. It was sheer panic. The camera was jerking around. I'll never forget that stuff for as long as I live.

Now we have wars that nobody has to see. "Why should I waste my beautiful mind?"