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I'm curious what you feel they left out? I also think there is something to be said about media that is accessible to all and not just those of a certain polit
by knz 9y ago
I'm curious what you feel they left out?
I also think there is something to be said about media that is accessible to all and not just those of a certain political persuasion - the people that need to see/hear how futile the war ultimately was aren't going to watch something that calls them all traitors. The military, political, and social realities of Vietnam have such clear application to our current society, so I personally hope many people see the show.
- da02 9y agoedit: Disregard this comment due to @xefer comment below. I meant: the director of a good war documentary would be called a traitor if he/she went deeper into topics like: LBJ's lies about Gulf of Tonkin, lies exposed by the Ellsberg Pentagon Papers, kept mentioning the killing of millions of Veitnanese , Cambodia, Lao, Nixon's prevention of a LBJ peace deal to help his own election, his talk of using nuclear bombs, etc. I never said anything about calling the audience traitors. I think you mis-understood what I was saying. From your POV, it seems hard that Burns could leave out important stuff in 18 hours. This page has links that answer what was left out better than I can: https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/pbs-lies-vietnam/ https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/pbs-lies-vietnam/ (but view it with an adblocker)
- xefer 9y agoEvery single item you mention is discussed in great detail through the course of the series.
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