Viet Nam - The Biggest Damned Mess

As the war ground on and american casualties compounded, the mood of both politicians and people at home began to sour. Even secretary of defence, robert macnamera, expressed disillusionment in a mimo to the president. The picture of the world's greatest super power killing or seriously injuring one thousand non combatants a week while trying to pound a tiny, backward nation into submission is not a pretty one. For every g i that shot, killed, tortured or raped innocent civilians, there was a man who would not participate, would not fire, or reported what they saw to their higher ups. Those men were often ignored, marginalized, discredited or outright threatened by colleagues and superiors.