I didn't think it would affect me like this . . .

I watched the first two parts of Ken Burn's Vietnam Documentary and was pretty much okay but after tonight's two hour episode I lost it. Oh my God - all of the fears I had back in 1965 and 1966 came crashing down and I was never in Vietnam. I can't even begin to understand the quagmire of Vietnam and we sent our own young men to fight without proper training or some semblance of honest, strong, intelligent leadership. Hubris on the part of Lyndon Johnson and his advisors led them to destroy the lives of thousands of our young men and their families. Vietnam left a terrible burden on the generation who fought the lost cause - the scars will last forever. And mankind has learned nothing from the past - man is not perfectable. At times man is an abomination. I appreciate and respect the love of my life. Thank you, P&D's Pop. You are loved and loving. Forever yours, I am.