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Message: <blockquote data-quote="milani" data-source="post: 1098306" data-attributes="member: 6654">A lot of that was precipitated by that event, although you are correct that not everything progresses linearly. But you take into account that this was not a one day or one year event. It lasted a long time. All the $$$ spent on a long war instead of elsewhere or remaining with the American people was a drain of our revenue. And it drained the energy in the hearts of the people. Did not matter what side you were on.Millions of American lives and families were disrupted and displaced permanently not just because of 56,000 killed in combat but all the wounded, all the after effects, both physical and mental, the PTSD and the Agent Orange.The New Frontier and the Great Society never were truly able to achieve their goals because of it, not that they were all that good.Yes, we have made so many advances in science, medicine, communications, and technology. Just imagine that we could have had even more, much more.</blockquote>

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