40 year anniversary of Kent State Shootings
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My how times have changed.Coach34 said:
Since all this is still goin on...i suppose the correctresponse would be the more things change, the more they stay the same.
...by the SDS. There's even a report that one of the rioters might have fired a gun at the NG troops (perhaps with blanks) in order to provoke a violent response. The fact that, despite untrained Ohio National Guardsmen were trying to fight off violent students, only four were killed.
20 times the people, including women and children, were killed at Waco....and I bet Neil Young sabotaged Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane.
...the MS Highway Patrol <span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> Jackson City Police emptied their weapons in to a women's dorm.
Far worse than f'ing with the Ohio Nat'l Guard.
Far worse than f'ing with the Ohio Nat'l Guard.
After my graduation from MSU, we were trained to use sticks rather than bullets to quell civil disturbances, and that only as a last resort.
What happened at Kent State was an unfortunate abberation, and the fault lies on whomever in the chain of command gave the order to fire live rounds against defenseless unarmed students.
Duh, that's historical Germans perspective from me.
The students were exercizing their free speech, which I was sworn to protect and defend.
If I'd been there and seen Saban and known what he was to become, it would have been hard not to bust his chops with my stick.
Just kidding.
What happened at Kent State was an unfortunate abberation, and the fault lies on whomever in the chain of command gave the order to fire live rounds against defenseless unarmed students.
Duh, that's historical Germans perspective from me.
The students were exercizing their free speech, which I was sworn to protect and defend.
If I'd been there and seen Saban and known what he was to become, it would have been hard not to bust his chops with my stick.
Just kidding.
It's the 40th anniversary. Anno, the root of anniversary, means "year."
For the unclued, there is also no month-anniversary. Meaningless when you say that.
For the unclued, there is also no month-anniversary. Meaningless when you say that.
There is no mass protest movement against the wars we're fighting today, and there won't be unless middle-class and wealthy kids face a real threat of being sent to fight against their will.
Racial conflict is limited to overheated public discussions between people like Al Sharpton and Pat Buchanan.
As for assassinations, I'm not sure when the last one we had was. In 1968, by contrast, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were killed within months of each other.
Racial conflict is limited to overheated public discussions between people like Al Sharpton and Pat Buchanan.
As for assassinations, I'm not sure when the last one we had was. In 1968, by contrast, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were killed within months of each other.
...thought they were being shot at by somebody, it's surprising that more weren't killed. Because the SDS was able to get "martyrs", the US was forced to cut and run from their allies in Southeast Asia, resulting in millions slaughtered in the Killing Fields and almost as many fleeing for their lives.
To be saddened by the loss of millions of lives- you can expect no less from me.
To be saddened by the loss of millions of lives- you can expect no less from me.
South Korea is an economic powerhouse, while North Korea is a ******** where everybody is starving to death. If you remember, South Korea had some unsavory characters running it as well. However, because the US stuck with them, they have a much more stable government.
South Vietnam had some lousy leaders as well. However, they were Pro-American and we would've influenced their government the same way we influenced the South Koreans. As it is, we made a promise to the Vietnamese and Cambodians, and we reneged on that promise. To this day, there are many countries that are still wary of getting into an alliance with us.
South Vietnam had some lousy leaders as well. However, they were Pro-American and we would've influenced their government the same way we influenced the South Koreans. As it is, we made a promise to the Vietnamese and Cambodians, and we reneged on that promise. To this day, there are many countries that are still wary of getting into an alliance with us.
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those first 2 million deaths did not show we were sufficiently dedicated to the cause. Is that what you are trying to argue?
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