Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:43 AM 5/11/04 +0100, Gerry Walden wrote: >I am with Tom 100% on this, and can echo the sentiments expressed as I >too was in Europe at that time (and, of course, I still am). And nothing >has changed over the years, the feelings here are still pretty much the >same! Gerry This thread was not discussing the attitudes of Europeans or Canadians toward the Viet-Nam War but the impact these pictures had on US attitudes and, bluntly, the Gallup and Harris polls through 1973 to 1975 show that the majority of the US populace support a "winning" strategy in Viet-Nam -- that is, the folks here didn't want a "limited" war but were willing to support guerre a la outrance to drive the North Viet-Namese out of business. These pictures were viewed by Middle America as the sort of thing the distrusted "left-wing" media came up with and were not viewed in Peoria as being representative of the situation in South-East Asia. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!