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Originally Posted by TheLegacy
Sorry but I can't relate to your question - are you saying his dislike for the movie is due to the fact he didn't fear being drafted?
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It wasn't a question. It's about perspective. I lost a few friends in that war. Everyone, back then, was subject to an involuntary draft into the military. We were acutely aware that we were fodder for an illegal, undeclared war by proxy with the Soviet Union. That film captured the war precisely for what it was, immoral imperialism. In other words, a war for profit only. Our government didn't give a shit about Viet Nam, and it didn't give a shit about its children.
Those soldiers, really just high school kids, were getting killed for nothing, absolutely nothing. 50,000 of them. So it's not just a movie to my generation; it was our reality. Everyone, back then, was subject to an involuntary draft into the military. This movie illustrated how bazaar the times were for us.
To some, it's just a movie they cannot relate to.