I think of the Vietnam war as the poorer classes war. Soldiers were drafted, and they could not get lose, in-growing, toenails or not. The war was lost before it began on one side the US Soldiers who wanted to go home, against those who wanted them to leave. In the USA, war is fought, not for freedom of the oppressed but for mineral and oil therefore they end up on the wrong side of history. The people of America have the freedom to argue what is right but have no right to act upon their view. It has not always been like this but the capitalist the system got the power and smashed workers- unions, the wages got lower and deep poverty was blamed on the poor, the victims of the system were lazy. The USA is a profoundly unhappy country who see Washington as an enemy, hence the selling of arms ready to act when the dream comes crashing down.