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CanonRay

(14,101 posts) Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:22 PM Apr 2020

58, 281 American deaths now. View Nam war: 58,220

So much winning.

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58, 281 American deaths now. View Nam war: 58,220 (Original Post) CanonRay Apr 2020 OP

Will pass 60,000 tomorrow malaise Apr 2020 #1

Trump has shattered another record, so much doc03 Apr 2020 #2

"58, 281 American deaths now. View Nam war: 58,220" Botany Apr 2020 #3

The difference in public perception is from one thing: time misanthrope Apr 2020 #4

malaise

(268,930 posts)

1. Will pass 60,000 tomorrow

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:24 PM

Apr 2020

Fuck Don the criminally negligent Con

doc03

(35,325 posts)

2. Trump has shattered another record, so much

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:26 PM

Apr 2020

winning. His campaign slogan this year is Keep America Great!

Botany

(70,490 posts)

3. "58, 281 American deaths now. View Nam war: 58,220"

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:26 PM

Apr 2020

misanthrope

(7,411 posts)

4. The difference in public perception is from one thing: time

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:28 PM

Apr 2020

While it should be alarming that the nation passed that ignominious mark so quickly, it was the prolonged aspect of the Vietnam War that wore out Americans. The drip, drip, drip did the trick.

We've seen from the two decades of Aghanistan, that's not going to be the case any more. It looks as though we've become far more impervious these days unless it affects someone we personally know.

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