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It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Whatever mistakes generals and policymakers have made along the way cannot detract from that essential truth - which should be a part of any reliable history.

After Vietnam, the Democrats became fundamentally the anti-military as a party.

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.

A generation ago, American war planners made the mistake of believing that short-term Communist sympathies would unite China and Vietnam. We were wrong, and it tragically misshaped our policy in Vietnam.

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them.

Working-class, blue-collar guys who volunteered for Vietnam were ascribed certain political beliefs. It's time that this was redressed. It had nothing to do with politics. Once these men got to Vietnam, it was a matter of survival.

I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

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.