[Seascamp]

There is a time when myth becomes convenient political dogma and rhetoric. Then convenient political dogma and rhetoric become established fact. Then people tie their star and reputation to supposed established fact and the beat goes on and on; kind of like the pink battery bunny of a bit ago. The core issue these days is that some of the supposed journalists and politicos say and do what is PC and career enhancing, facts be damned. So if some grand guru of the media, academia, Hollywood or politically influential circles, says something stupid or inaccurate, it?s a sure bet all the micro brained aspirants will fall into step and spit up the same age-worn hair balls.

But on the other hand, the sincere student of the VN war can find mountains of objective and honest information. Even the official historical publications of the current Vietnamese government would embarrass the hell out of some of our contemporary guru myth makers.
In my opinion, a lot of influential people have this myth joule set in their career tiara and are not about to disturb that setting, no way. And it is my belief and experience that they will go to great lengths to perpetuate the myth. So about all we can do here is try to be accurate about what we saw and experienced and call it a good day when we learn something new.

Scamp