Comments on: Draft Cards Link Father and Son and Tell of Divergent Wars… http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2007/10/10/draft-cards-link-father-and-son-and-tell-of-divergent-wars/ Called to Serve: Stories of the Men and Women Confronted by the Vietnam War Draft Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Glennis Ballin http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2007/10/10/draft-cards-link-father-and-son-and-tell-of-divergent-wars/#comment-41 Glennis Ballin Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:31:34 +0000 http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/2007/10/10/draft-cards-link-father-and-son-and-tell-of-divergent-wars/#comment-41 I talked about a similar subject on my blog the other day. I won't bother giving the site becaise then I'll just get spam filtered out I talked about a similar subject on my blog the other day. I won’t bother giving the site becaise then I’ll just get spam filtered out

]]> By: Diane Clancy http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2007/10/10/draft-cards-link-father-and-son-and-tell-of-divergent-wars/#comment-40 Diane Clancy Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:27:46 +0000 http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/2007/10/10/draft-cards-link-father-and-son-and-tell-of-divergent-wars/#comment-40 Sigh ... it is still so present, after all these years, how differently those wars were experienced. I think that is part of why so many of us felt such estrangement from our families around working to stop the war in Vietnam. I think many of those divides still live on today - with being seen as not good for being against the war. And again we have a great divide between Vietnam and Iraq. Before Iraq many of us were working hard to prevent that war. And the knowledge of that war is so much more present than even Vietnam - in terms of details. sigh ... when will it stop? ~ Diane Clancy www.dianeclancy.com/blog Sigh … it is still so present, after all these years, how differently those wars were experienced. I think that is part of why so many of us felt such estrangement from our families around working to stop the war in Vietnam. I think many of those divides still live on today – with being seen as not good for being against the war.

And again we have a great divide between Vietnam and Iraq. Before Iraq many of us were working hard to prevent that war. And the knowledge of that war is so much more present than even Vietnam – in terms of details. sigh … when will it stop?

~ Diane Clancy
http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog

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