Protests Against the Vietnam War

[CWGrudzinski]

veitnam was more serious though

eveyrone thought the government was expressing too much power

people were being drafted...

if this fucking irag war continues for like another 2-3 years there might be a draft

then... things will get serious, back to the 70's

[exrock712]

The generation whose parents got slaughtered on the beaches of Normandy and Iwo Jima so these spoiled kids can protest for the superiority of the socioeconomic model that gave us the Berlin Wall. the Khmer Rouge and finally, the sub prime mortgage meltdown. Spare me the romance.

[TheGoldenSphinx]

The US attack on Vietnam, starting in 1962 with the war crime Kennedy commited with Op. "Ranch Hand" is one of the gravest war crimes past WW2. Concentration camps (called "secure hamlets" in propaganda lingo), chemical warfare, torture and bombings of dams and cities. A sad story. But! The young people showed they were not gonna take it anymore, good on 'em!

[PresentAssassin]

@TheGoldenSphinx yeah by almost tearing society and the United States apart? The hippies just wanted to have fun they were a bunch of no good spoiled brats

[TheUKCanadian]

If people think things are bad now with Iraq and Afghanistan, it doesn't compare to shit when compared to the peace movement and the Vietnam war. When you have army troops on a University Campus, you know things are bad. Don't forget the 4 at Kent State.

[delsol2lowz]

you tube sucks because they don't let us speak our minds

[delsol2lowz]

FUCK WAR

[shuffleknuckle5]

The pussies only rebelled against the Vietnam war because they thought that they might have to go and fight. The middle classes don't do much about the war in Iraq or elsewhere because it is the American working class who are now filling body bags. The middle classes always ponce off about things if they think their priviliged necks are on the line.

[Papadums1]

tru that

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

The war was wrong.

Just like the war in Iraq.

If you are sick of all the lies, then look up ...

George Vreeland Hill

[TheEcu27]

what is bigger the Tea Parties or these hippie protests? i think Tea parties

[50poiuyt]

The protest of serious Americans saved many lives of innocent people in both side

[toughterrier]

@johnvena56 Try this song - "All we are saaaaying is give WAR a chance" - think it was by Lennon or was it Lenin? Anyway, peace is the interval that War buys with the blood of those who fight against evil and tyranny sacrificing their lives and blood so people like you can sing Cum By Ya. Remember CAMELOT or was it Came A Lot - the Kennedy's and Clinton- so confusing!

[greenwoodtea]

great songs from that time.....needed now more than ever.....the kids today have no clue what a real war is....there should be a draft so your little puke backsides will become scared as hell ...

[greenwoodtea]

bull crap.........we bombed the hell out of 4 million vietnamese----we blew the country into hell.......for nothing........weather they turned communist or into monks or into martians was never any of our business......meanwhile we are now trading partners with them and they have a communist govt--so it was all for nothing any way.....people are not commies-people are people---and we murdered their country..58K of my generation died--for NOTHING..LBJ and NIXON both war criminals..then and now.

[ubujwb]

@greenwoodtea

Sir, it was all about rubber, same as WWII. The Vietnam war ended with the advent of synthetic rubber. Before you condemn my comment spend a day or two researching on the Net Through Asian eyes.Then research what Woodrow Wilson regretted most about his presidency. Put the research together and apply it to today. Research as much as you can because this freedom is being controlled too.

[TOMP66666]

PRO-COMMUNIST SENATOR "HANOI" JOHN KERRY SUPPORTS BRUTAL COMMUNIST VIETNAM BY KILLING VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT IN THE SENATE.

He considers dirty money & economic ties with communist Vietnam much more important than democracy & human rights values. Consequently, Vietnam, has waged a new crackdown on democracy activists such as Father Nguyen van Ly & lawyers Nguyen van Dai and Le thi Cong Nhan, who were given unfair, harsh sentences of several years in prison for their democracy activities.

[TOMP66666]

If America had not started the war, South Vietnam would have fallen into communism in 1954 and more Vietnamese would have been murdered in cultural revolutions like those launched by Mao in China (20 million deaths) & Khmer Rouge in Cambodia (2 millions)

Total Vietnamese democide by communists: 1,040,000 (1975-87) by HCR.

Excutions: 100,000

Camp Deaths: 95,000

Forced Labor: 48,000

Democides in Cambodia: 460,000

Democides in Laos: 87,000

Vietnamese Boat People: 500,000 deaths.

[opiatkiinq]

exactly, north korea did not need to over come south korea, it's obvious that north korea would have killed and enslaved south koreans, can we say genocide

Thats what i fucking hate about hippie Hippocrates, they want world peace, but if that means making another country go through genocides than so be it, shrugs. something i will never understand,

fking hippies piss me off, THERE Hippocrates period

[TOMP66666]

Ho chi Minh, Vietnam's communist leader, is a disguting TRAITOR & MURDERER! In exchange for chinese military aids in the war with France (1945-1954), he gave up Paracel & Spratly archipelagos with large oil resources to China. He even ordered to murder his own mistress named Nong thi Xuan when she threatened to disclose her sexual relationship with him since that would destroy his image as a "Father" of Vietnam who "sacrifices" his whole life for Vietnam revolution.

[kauaiphil]

Thanks for the post. I was in D.C. 40 years ago today, Nov. 15, 1969 with 500,000 other people. Aloha from the Garden Island of Kauai.

[Sgtpsoto]

How about that ,, i was in the trenches on Hamburger Hill Viet Nam in May 1969 ,, alot of help your protests did ,,,,,,,,,,,,, (being sarcastic ),,,,,,,,,,,,

[Honeysucklebommie]

@Sgtpsoto Thanks for going and serving mate, You thought you were doing the right thing by your fellow countrymen. The Cong could have easily turned into something larger if we let them go on killing their own. You never know the outcome if left unchecked we could of had another Japanese style advance down through Asia to deal with. These anti protesters would be all crying then and in slavery themselves instead of still pointing the finger at the wrong people over it all.Our governments suck.

[BitHeadStudio]

At 1.10 is that Rudi Dutschke??

[absturtz]

i think so

[reywilliamr]

nice job

i hope you got an a

former sds and current viet vet against the war

don't give up the struggle

[HARRYLOCOFANCLUB]

We need to go and protest !

See what is happening in Iran !

[xXJasRocketteXx]

awesome vid

what people seem to neglect is that peace protests are still here!

go look up the Iraq situation or other acts of injustice and u might be surprised at the amount of things you can do

[WeGotTehPie]

@xXJasRocketteXx

How is what is happening in Iraq injustice?

[yeawomen]

what a cool song. This makes me feel a little strange though. I am definitely against war!!!

It's only good for killing and so much sorrow. Keep the PEACE alive and keep loving!!! :]

[rugely51]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA A TIME to do something(i dont know the words) but i like the image with the one random dude who has the mask and he looks like chinese funny shit

[watisup1230]

pretty friggin awesome...not really that clear though (yeah, slide show = pwnage)

[acidslayer]

WOOT IT WORKED!!!