It seems to me that we learned absolutely nothing from that hideous and evil war. - dancewater
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> 114TH CONGRESS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>
> Ms. LEE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
> RESOLUTION
>
> Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War,
>
> Whereas the Vietnam War began on 1964 and ended in 1975;
>
> Whereas more than 58,000 United States citizens were killed, approximately
> 10,786 were wounded, and 75,000 veterans left seriously disabled;
>
> Whereas it is estimated that more than 1,500,000 people from Vietnam,
> Laos, and Cambodia died as a result of the War, and many more were wounded
> or displaced;
>
> Whereas thousands of people continue to suffer from the lethal effects of
> exposure to Agent Orange and unexploded ordnance;
>
> Whereas the movement to end the Vietnam War was one of the largest and
> most prolonged efforts to achieve peace and justice in recent generations
> and was critical to bringing an end to the War;
>
> Whereas the movement to end the Vietnam War was broad and included
> students, professors, workers, draft resisters, United States service
> members and veterans, musicians and artists, candidates for Congress and
> the presidency, and mobilized a majority in opposition to the Vietnam war
>
> Whereas the movement generated the largest protests, moratorium actions,
> and mobilizations in United States history, including a strike of 4,000,000
> students from across the Nation following the United States invasion of
> Cambodia in 1970, multiple acts of protest and resistance on military bases
> and ships around the world, and the rise of Vietnam Veterans Against the
> War;
>
> Whereas United States expenditures on the Vietnam War impacted domestic
> resources, including for President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty;
>
> Whereas the 1970 blue-ribbon Scranton Report on campus unrest in the
> United States recognized the growing opposition to the Vietnam War by
> stating that, ‘‘The crisis on American campuses has no parallel in the
> history of this nation. This crisis has roots in divisions of American
> society as deep as any since the Civil War. If this trend continues, if
> this crisis of understanding endures, the very survival of the nation will
> be threatened’’;
>
> Whereas Vietnam peace memorials have been erected at Kent State University
> in Ohio, the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, and the
> peace memorial adjacent to the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California;
>
> And Whereas peace and reconciliation research programs were widely
> incorporated in high school and university classrooms after the Vietnam War
> era: Now, therefore, be it
>
> Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
>
> (1) Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War;
>
> (2) Recognizes that the movement to end the Vietnam War was one of the
> largest and most prolonged efforts to achieve peace and justice in recent
> generations and was critical to bringing an end to the War;
>
> (3) Acknowledges the role of those who participated in public protests,
> teach-ins, and opposition to the War, and the many people who supported
> political candidates of both parties who sought to end the War;
>
> (4) Applauds the establishment of educational programs at colleges and
> universities across the United States that are focused on conflict
> transformation and peace building; and
>
> (5) Urges continued efforts during this 50th anniversary period to reflect
> on the lessons learned from the Vietnam War and to recommit to sustained
> diplomacy that prevents conflict.
>
> from The Democracy Journal http://ift.tt/1r2pj6m
>
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