Beyond Vietnam: 40 Years Later

[Lawman2]

The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was a prophet, and the Judeo-Christian Holy Book, the Bible, states that (most generally) "a prophet has no honor in his own country."

[BlackBearsLove]

Des white motherfuckers out there killin Black Bears! They really be sayin' they wanna kill the black man! Jive ass bitches!

[Melisha742]

We are choosing only to acknowledge MLK's I have a dream speech . We ignore this speech - only because this one stands to this day, terrifyingly relative

[KamenRiderNecro]

There will always be respect for Dr. King's legacy in my mind. He made sense, even though he came from a spiritual angle I disagree with since I do not share those beliefs. That aside, he'd be just as hated today for expressing himself so eloquently a la Barack Obama about things people just don't want to hear, since he had a point that many just don't want to hear in favor of dragging him down. Respect to Dr. King's legacy.

[jonesey5168]

The 3 knuckleheads that voted down are employees of Halibuton

[freedompatriot1]

i CAN REMEMBER DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO KILL DR. KING BECAUSE AT THE TIME HE WAS CONSIDERED A NATIONAL THREAT UNTIL THE BLACK PANTHERS SHOWED UP CARRYING GUNS.

[Corduroy66]

April 4, 1968.

[chrl007]

Bless Dr. King. The media only always show the bad side of the story but never so the good side of it. Think twice of what you've seem and heard.

[bobomber]

This man was a true servant of God.

[paul8kangas]

What makes the US so powerful? We are 50 states united by a Constitution, a single language, & a universal dollar. If Iraq wants to defeat the US military, they need to unite with 49 nations around them into one economic fist. It can be done. Form a union with China, Russia & India. You can win.

[awffle]

@paul8kangas We're a bit more than a constitution and unified states. If that's really what you think, you need to do your homework.

[vmp0331]

Good vid

[91firebirdy]

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[cageybee777]

share this video tomorrow with the Speaker of the House americanvoicesATmailDOThouseDO­Tgov

[19panther87]

why do people always forget about those that live under regimes like communism and opressive goverments like Iraq had and see that when people have choice they do not want to live like that [eastern europe]!!

[KamratMattis]

but do they want 600 000 dead then? destroyed communicatoons, infrastructure, education, economy sold out to the usa, etc. [iraq]

[19panther87]

the death no one would wish that on themselves as for infrastructure everyone in the world is chaseing usa investment and seek from the usa just about everything .

[chodykumbra]

Do you honestly believe that we invaded iraq to help Iraqis?

Or that the war in Iraq is doing the USA anygood?

I mean the military industrial complex is making a killing. Oil companies a posting redicolous profits.THE USA IS GOING BANKRUPT.

intentions of our leader are jaded and have been jaded since before this war. Read the Grand ChessBoard by Neo Con head advisor Zbinew Brezinski(SP). Its world they dominance they hate. not our "FREEEDOM"

They planned these wars since the eighties.

[OnDmoveBru]

good job-kevinsonofken It amazes me how people are afraid of the truth. If you believe in this war than go and take your family too....For the record, I am a Vet

[thecelticmessiah]

word.

[italianchappy]

The only problem is that you could show images of Dresden in the 1945 and play this sermon again. And today I would yet be under nazi domination. It's not a case that stormfront org sites and alike are so .... anti-war..... Sorry MLK. I prefere Qohelet... There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens....

[mocommunist]

Truth has no timeline!

[momskid]

Great analogy you can dress up lies all you want but you can't hide the truth baby it always shines forth

[kilitutu]

don't compare Iraq to Vietnam, it's totaly different. Vietnamese people hate to be compared to those terros Allah

[drumdancer]

Its NOT different, the same thing is happening in Iraq that happenend in Vietnam.

[DevilDog90]

are you stupid?

[gohoda]

masha ALLAH!! wat an excellent and relevant speech for the world today!! Problem with america is good leaders (Dr.King, Kennedy etc) get killed while Liers like Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are always in high political office one time or another!

[zoecampbell]

Sitting in a country town here in Australia for the ANZAC day celebration - when the soldiers are remembered for going to the war - there i was with 90 year old mates of my dads after having viewed Kevin's Vietnam 40 years later - and the comment was why does history have to repeat itself? This is an amazing piece of work. thanks for sharing it with this global network - Zoe

[varun999]

i am breathless. relevent even now!

[1fatbadger]

Breathtaking in it's beauty and relevance. These ageless words of Dr King should be passed on to every one we know. A reminder of inescapable truths is ever merited. We all must stand up for our principles if peace and honor are ever to be regained.

[Namaste88]

Wow! Brilliant synthesis of words and images! Talk about history repeating itself. It's pretty amazing to imagine how the words of MLK could potentially make a difference today. I hope it does. Thanks for trying to make a difference.

Namaste

[Childrenscneterh]

They killed Dr. King becuz he spoke the truth, but Bush gets to lie everyday to our faces. No justice, no peace.

[clbackus]

9/11 is the key to not repeating history. If we are not to expose the lies and deceit of the real terrorists of that day being the elements of our own government we believe to be our friends and leaders, then we face a path of our own choosing, one of complete collapse. As the towers did on 9/11 so will our nation. Expose 9/11 for what it was and we will be set free.

[Childrenscneterh]

Inside job.

[ErnstandYoungSeries]

This is brilliant. It is so sad that things are far worse this time, because this jihad has no end and nor borders. Since 911 had nothing to do with Iraq, America has unwittingly recruited a new generation of terrorists to attack us and make our travels unsafe for our generation and my daughters. Vietnam kept its bitterness at home.

[ejgejg]

We are not just in the same place we were 40 years ago. Matters are worse in this war. Could any public figure now make the arguments that King made? Or would these points now be shouted down as "liberal," or "treasonously sympathetic to the enemy." The death toll in the invaded country barely registers in our war. I fear we've moved far backwards in our ability to understand the destruction our foreign policy causes. I hate to be so gloomy, but there it is.

[donjabroni]

After he made that speech, some people were calling a "communist" and said they was sympathizing with the enemy. The only thing different back then was that they used the word "communist" instead of liberal.

[Dor150]

A white shithead kill him, he was a great person

and by the way im 100% white so cant think that im not one

[lhayle47]

Well - I am not surprised that you got me. Everything I have seen of yours has gotten to me. I keep thinking, is it possible to measure what we lost when MLK was lost to us?

Also - how can the young generation stop war when most of its boys play war games in front of screens that hypnotize and numb them??? Thanks for a thought provoking four minutes...

[esphoto]

Remarkable relevance for this time and place. It's time to end this terrible occupation.

[jsimoes]

This speech proves that Americans have not grown up in the last 40 years. They're still the same bullies that want to take other people's properties just because they want to keep driving their SUVs and destroy the world. No wonder so many countries hate the USA.

[KalamazooKidz]

We must stop the Iraq War now.

If it is our choice to stop it, and our voices are unified, no man can stand against us.

March on Washington.

While our leaders are away for holiday.

March on Washington.

While your children are on spring break.

March on Washington.

Let our voices and our shadows lay truth to our convictions to end this war of twisted ideaology.

April 9th, 2007

[scaramouchia]

This piece brings home the timeless cry, "stop the madness". It makes transparent the greed that motivates our foreign policy decisions, and the selfish lust for power that jeaporadizes our very species. Well edited, with much heart...bravo.

[carlosalbertoteixeir]

Absolutely perfect!

- c.a.t.

[kimesther]

what can i say...i'm speechless...MLK it's such a tragic that we have lost him.

[TakomaDC]

I concur with b2squared's recollections. I am 47 and remember the news of that era - The daily body count; the daily number of the wounded. We learned nothing, and as this video so plainly shows, we killed the messenger.

[b2squared]

Bravo! Very well done. 40 years later indeed. Why can't we learn a thing. I applaud you and King over and over again. This made me cry. I am 48 and was a child at the time of Vietnam. Went to sleep at the sound of the TV and the news on the war. Not a good feeling. I am surprised we made it this far only once again only to relive history.

[WakeUp6655]

His words stand the test of time, so universal was the truth that is even more relelvence today as it did then. what a loss!

[Namaste88]

MLK was a man ahead of his time. Bravo!