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A Marine Vietnam War Veteran's View: War Stinks and We Need to Smell It
By Charlie Ehlen
As a former US Marine/Vietnam veteran, I agree with your position
on this 100%. Americans need to see what war does to all those caught up in it.
War is the most pornographic thing we humans have ever
devised. It is nasty, brutal, obscene, and vile. There is no glory in war.
Wars are fought, basically, in a garbage dump. Think of it: there are
the waste materials of the food containers, and spent shells all over
the area. You live in this shit during any war. It is inescapable. I
think Americans need to see color photos of the results of war. Hell,
we even have "high definition" TV now, so an even clearer picture is
available.
I believe that the color photos that were available in such publications as Life magazine during the Vietnam war aided in ending that obscene mess. I would only wish that somehow there was a way for the horrid smell of war also to be transmitted to the viewing public as well. If the sights don't make you sick of war, the smells sure as hell will.
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