Reply #57: When my family lost our brother. In Vietnam, 1966. [View All]

[JustSayNO 2 Sheeples]

I was discussing this with my older sister the other day. I was pretty young and never heard this story until now.

She was in Jr. High shortly after his death. She was in a debate class and assigned by the teacher to give the "anti-war" side of the debate. She told the teacher she couldn't take that part, because her brother had just died in Vietnam and she wasn't going to disrespect his memory by debating with an anti-war stance.

She said our whole family felt that way. We supported the war right after his death. It was our way of coping, I guess. Once my older sisters got to college, our family changed its mind and realized how senseless the whole damn thing was.

This was stuff I forgot. I was 11. I put a lot of it out of my mind because it was just too hard for me. It's only in the past 7 years, with the help of my daughter, that I have been able to search out exactly what happened with my family and to my brother. Still to this day, it is very painful.

Sadly, these parents who are bashing Cindy will eventually realize their sons died for nothing.