I watched a few episodes. All I have to say is gawwwwwwwwwwwwd damn.
Really insightful, wrenching stuff.
I can see why people think it is controversial, but I honestly think that is the point; people need to stop being offended by the controversial and simply accept it as a prompt to debate like adults, not squabble like children. My dad and I were sitting there and he and I got into a big debate over Kissinger and McNamara because they were both bastards, but I thought McNamara at least recognized the wrongs later on and tried to correct them by pointing them out, while Kissinger just kept on committing them.
My dad, like many vets, is of the mind that we should have kept fighting and that leaving was an insult to everyone that died and fought over there, Vietnamese and American. He is a stubborn old far but I find it hard to disagree with him from an emotional standpoint, and I'd like to think that if the multiple administrations during that war were not such a political shitshow we might have fared better.
I tell you what, though, that last segment about The Wall had me in tears for like 20 minutes. I don't know why. I've never served, never lost a friend to violence, but for some reason that freaking thing just gets me choked up.
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