"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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(snip) I saw myself, watched repeated
and got involved in breaking up a few
or the attacks! The worst one was when
a gang of about fifty demonstrators tried
to prevent an ex Marine from going to class
because the demonstration was "shutting
down" the school.. It was only heated
discussion, until some jackass decided
that since the Jar-Head wouldn't do what
they told him they would restrain him. He
was gentle, no fatalities, fifteen taken for
medical attention. NEVER JUMP a
mud Marine! The crowd scattered when
he started breaking bones. (snip)


When and where was this? A violent incident like that (fifteen injured,
broken bones, and so on) should easily be verifiable through newspaper
accounts of the time.


Not to get caught up in this, rather a comment. I can't say if/who/when/
where someone got spat upon, but I
could BELIEVE that one of those long-haired, granny-
glasses drippy-hippy could have been severely injured
if he tried such a caper. If any of those cowardly, "peace"
niks had jumped upon, or spat upon one of our Marines,
then I would supported him, encouraged him, urged him,
or HELPED him to put on an old fashioned ***whippin' that SOB would not
soon forget! And if any bones got
broken, particularly of those pot smoking, #$%^&%$#@, then all the better!






My brother told me that while he was flying
home (civilian air lines) he encountered
people who spit on him. (snip)


Really? Which civilian airlines flew into the Vietnam war zone? Which
airlines allowed passengers to spit on other passengers?

Then he'd have MY a** to whup if he pulled such a caper and spit on me,
'cause being rather a large fella
with something of a temper, I'd have stomped a mudhole
in his butt he'd not forget. The airlines wouldn't have had
to've "protected" me; I'd have attempted to take care of it myself. Now,
much older and mellower, but still in pretty good health, I'd think a bit
more about getting into an altercation. When I was 21-22? Uh-unh! I'd have
smacked hell out of him without a second thought.
Hehe! Matter of fact, I GOT into a few fights in those
days. LOL!

I don't remember hearing personally of spitting incidents,
only of vague reports of such. I only know what *I* would have done!~


73


Jerry

Never jump to conclusions without all
the facts. There may be nothing there
to land on. The theory that China would
have joined the war was never a factor,
except in the eyes of the peaceniks since
the Chinese WERE FINANCING the
war!!! (snip)


The possibility of China openingly joining the conflict was a major
factor
in decision making of the time. China was obviously supporting the North
Vietnamese, but that is vastly different from what I said ("an esculation
of
the conflict would have caused China to *openly join* the conflict"). An
open conflict with China would have led to several million Chinese
soldiers
flooding into Vietnam to fight our soldiers directly, and may have even
led
to nuclear warfare between China and the USA. Only a darn fool would have
ignored that possibility (yet some military leaders did actually want to
ignore the possibility - our civilian government was wise enough not to).



Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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