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Ken Burns, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Lynn Novick speak at PBS' "The Vietnam War" panel at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 15. Burns' 10-part documentary about the Vietnam War debuted Sept. 17.As a Vietnam veteran, I looked forward to the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary. I had to stop watching after three episodes as it made me thoroughly depressed and I had trouble sleeping. I didn’t need to be reminded about how the politicians’ bungling got us into that quagmire and continued to feed us into the meat grinder when they knew it was a lost cause.
I also did not need to revisit the actions of the anti-war movement whose protests showed the Hanoi government we would not stay the course and would leave eventually. I felt many of the protesters were more concerned with their own personal safety than any high moral ground.
ʴǷɱ, Wheat Ridge
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