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by John Filo

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by Marc Riboud

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Government lying
Revealed truth about the war
Citizens lose trust

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American soldiers turn into vicious killers.

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What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

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Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! y'all

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Kathleen sighed. "Well, I don't get it. I mean, how come you were even here in the first place?"
"I don't know," I said. "Because I had to be."

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Later, I remember, Kiowa tried to tell me that the man would've died anyway. He told me that it was a good kill, that I was a soldier and this was a war.... None of it mattered. The words seemed far too complicated.

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John Kerry, testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 23,1971

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John Kerry, testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 23,1971

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We saw America lose her sense of morality as she accepted very coolly a My Lai and refused to give up the image of American soldiers who hand out chocolate bars and chewing gum.

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Martin Luther King's speech, "Beyond Vietnam," delivered April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City.

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Martin Luther King's speech, "Beyond Vietnam," delivered April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City.

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The image of America will never again be the image of revolution, freedom, and democracy, but the image of violence and militarism.

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They were wary of official calls to intervene abroad in the cause of democracy and freedom, and the bipartisan consensus that had supported American foreign policy since the 1940s dissolved. Democrats, in particular, questioned the need to contain communism everywhere around the globe and to play the role of the planet's policeman.

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Peter Arnett, formerly of the Associated Press, David Hume Kennerly, formerly of United Press International, Laura Palmer, author of "Shrapnel in the Heart," and CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante talk about how the Vietnam War changed the American mindset.