Vétérans du Vietnam: leur traitement est une honte nationale (Obama)

Toile de Lee Teter

Une guerre perdue, des dépenses militaires inimaginables, les mensonges des autorités, plus de 500 000 hommes et femmes sur le terrain, des manifestations mouvementées... Contrairement à leurs prédécesseurs, les vétérans du Vietnam ont rarement été reçus en héros.

 "“You were often blamed for a war you didn’t start when you should have been commended for serving your country with valor,” Obama said. “You were sometimes blamed for misdeeds of a few when the honorable service of the many should have been praised. You came home and sometimes were denigrated when you should have been celebrated. It was a national shame, a disgrace that should have never happened. Thats why, here today, we resolve that it will not happen again.” "