[LG17]

I've never been to war (born just after WW2 and my number didn't come up for Vietnam) so I have no personal experience of what it's like. I lost friends and relatives in Vietnam and have for years noticed a marked difference in those mates who returned from Vietnam. Some have taken their own lives. Some still battle to survive on a daily basis.

I will never judge them for anything that happened on the battlefield as even though I've heard a few stories from some of them I can never really understand.
I cannot fathom the situations they found themselves in and have given up trying. As I said, I've never been there.
I cannot know the depths of their thoughts when confronted with those situations.
I cannot know the the danger whether real or not.
I cannot know that each day it was kill or be killed.
I cannot know which are the 'baddies' regardless of their appearance or actions.
This inquiry can do nothing but denigrate our armed forces and have them judged by people who have absolutely no idea.