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I think the new generations in America, the America's youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don't want to hear any more about it.

— Alexander Haig

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision.

— Ho Chi Minh

All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forgot it should remember it.

— Michael Herr

In the 1980s, Vietnam emerged in our culture as a legitimate and compelling topic for discussion rather than something to be hidden in shame.

— Bobbie Ann Mason

It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.

— Paul Begala

Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.

— Sam Elliott

Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam.

— David Hackworth

What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.

— John Gregory Dunne

✗Opposing Perspectives

Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions.

— Phillip Noyce

Vietnam was the defining event for my generation. It spilled over into all facets of American life - into music, into the pulpits, in churches of our country. It spilled over into the city streets, police forces. And even if you were born late in the generation, Vietnam was still part of your childhood.

— Tim O'Brien

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

— Lyndon B. Johnson