The pain of war never goes away
by David Antoon, Col., USAF Ret.
Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara now says America's involvement in Vietnam was a mistake. A mistake? It was more than a mistake. The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a hoax perpetrated on the American people and the world to justify a war that cost millions of unnecessary deaths. What hoaxes are being perpetrated on the American people today to justify war and how many lives will they cost?
Those "who see the world's great anguish and its wrong," must speak out. I can no longer remain silent because for me the pain of war never really goes away.
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