The Best Generation of last 100 years?

[Reaganfan]

I don't count those who fought in Vietnam "kids getting sent to Vietnam to fight against a strange enemy"...I count them as "heroes who went to Vietnam to fight for their country."

And what exactly were they fighting for in the name of their country?

Peace.

In what way?

If you kill enough people, you get world peace.

Wrong. If you want peace badly enough, sometimes you have to fight for it. 60 years ago, Japan had just been terribly bombed with nuclear weapons and had surrendered to the USA.  Today, they are friends and allies and some of the most brilliant minds in the world. We fought...we won...and we have peace. It can only be achieved through strength...the liberal way of thinking "playing nice" achieves peace is useless. It never works.

[YRABNNRM]

I don't count those who fought in Vietnam "kids getting sent to Vietnam to fight against a strange enemy"...I count them as "heroes who went to Vietnam to fight for their country."

And what exactly were they fighting for in the name of their country?

Peace.

In what way?

If you kill enough people, you get world peace.

Wrong. If you want peace badly enough, sometimes you have to fight for it. 60 years ago, Japan had just been terribly bombed with nuclear weapons and had surrendered to the USA.  Today, they are friends and allies and some of the most brilliant minds in the world. We fought...we won...and we have peace. It can only be achieved through strength...the liberal way of thinking "playing nice" achieves peace is useless. It never works.

We're not talking about Japan, Naso. We're talking about Vietnam.

What was worth fighting for in Vietnam?

[Reaganfan]

I don't count those who fought in Vietnam "kids getting sent to Vietnam to fight against a strange enemy"...I count them as "heroes who went to Vietnam to fight for their country."

And what exactly were they fighting for in the name of their country?

Peace.

In what way?

If you kill enough people, you get world peace.

Wrong. If you want peace badly enough, sometimes you have to fight for it. 60 years ago, Japan had just been terribly bombed with nuclear weapons and had surrendered to the USA.  Today, they are friends and allies and some of the most brilliant minds in the world. We fought...we won...and we have peace. It can only be achieved through strength...the liberal way of thinking "playing nice" achieves peace is useless. It never works.

We're not talking about Japan, Naso. We're talking about Vietnam.

What was worth fighting for in Vietnam?

Peace. We could have won...but we made big mistakes. Johnson's not wanting to drop bombs over North Vietnam...probably the biggest mistake of them all. That allowed the Vietcong to build up and by the time we got there...they were massive. But still, we gave up. Not only in Vietnam, but at home. When our soldiers came on...many people spit on them at airports...called them killers...and the saddest part is...some of these people are now in Congress....some of them have even been President.

[YRABNNRM]

I don't count those who fought in Vietnam "kids getting sent to Vietnam to fight against a strange enemy"...I count them as "heroes who went to Vietnam to fight for their country."

And what exactly were they fighting for in the name of their country?

Peace.

In what way?

If you kill enough people, you get world peace.

Wrong. If you want peace badly enough, sometimes you have to fight for it. 60 years ago, Japan had just been terribly bombed with nuclear weapons and had surrendered to the USA.  Today, they are friends and allies and some of the most brilliant minds in the world. We fought...we won...and we have peace. It can only be achieved through strength...the liberal way of thinking "playing nice" achieves peace is useless. It never works.

We're not talking about Japan, Naso. We're talking about Vietnam.

What was worth fighting for in Vietnam?

Peace. We could have won...but we made big mistakes. Johnson's not wanting to drop bombs over North Vietnam...probably the biggest mistake of them all. That allowed the Vietcong to build up and by the time we got there...they were massive. But still, we gave up. Not only in Vietnam, but at home. When our soldiers came on...many people spit on them at airports...called them killers...and the saddest part is...some of these people are now in Congress....some of them have even been President.

Why was Vietnamese peace worth fighting for?

[Ban my account ffs!]

I would say the GI Generation.  My grandparents are on the border between the GI generation and the silent generation. 

They all grew up as children in the grips of the depression.  Nobody knew that they were poor, because everyone was.  They learned early that extravagance and waste was out of the question.

They picked up where the GI generation left off and continued to build American society into the greatest in the world.

I don't have a lot of good stuff to say about the baby boomers or really Generation X for that matter.  I hope my generation (Y) will work hard to make this country great again.

[Frodo]

Definitely the GI Generation, though I do love the Baby Boomers for their contributions to music and the sexual revolution. 

[Ban my account ffs!]

I don't count those who fought in Vietnam "kids getting sent to Vietnam to fight against a strange enemy"...I count them as "heroes who went to Vietnam to fight for their country."

And what exactly were they fighting for in

 the name of their country?

Peace.

In what way?

If you kill enough people, you get world peace.

Wrong. If you want peace badly enough, sometimes you have to fight for it. 60 years ago, Japan had just been terribly bombed with nuclear weapons and had surrendered to the USA.  Today, they are friends and allies and some of the most brilliant minds in the world. We fought...we won...and we have peace. It can only be achieved through strength...the liberal way of thinking "playing nice" achieves peace is useless. It never works.

We're not talking about Japan, Naso. We're talking about Vietnam.

What was worth fighting for in Vietnam?

Peace. We could have won...but we made big mistakes. Johnson's not wanting to drop bombs over North Vietnam...probably the biggest mistake of them all. That allowed the Vietcong to build up and by the time we got there...they were massive. But still, we gave up. Not only in Vietnam, but at home. When our soldiers came on...many people spit on them at airports...called them killers...and the saddest part is...some of these people are now in Congress....some of them have even been President.

Why was Vietnamese peace worth fighting for?

[stupid]
YOUR STUPID.

War war, the magical solution
The more you bomb, the more you get "peace"
The more you get "peace", the richer some people get
So have war and bombs with every generation.

[/stupid]

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Definitely the GI Generation, though I do love the Baby Boomers for their contributions to music and the sexual revolution. 

60s music is nothing but AIDS and failure. Also the sexual revolution would have happened, if slower but no 80s to present backlash without the 60s.