Internet Exercise 2

Vietnam Veterans Against the War

First, read Vietnam War veteran Bob Muller's July, 23, 1971, statement against the Vietnam War:

Then read John Kerry's April 23, 1971, statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:


1		Why did Bob Muller decide to become a Marine? What question did he later realize he neglected to ask while considering whether to join the military?



2		According to Muller, what values and beliefs did the military instill in him?



3		Did Muller believe that My Lai was an isolated incident? Why or why not?



4		How did John Kerry define the term Winter Soldier? What did the Winter Soldiers feel they needed to do upon returning to America from Vietnam? Why?



5		Please list five war crimes that John Kerry maintained were regularly committed by American soldiers in South Vietnam.



6		Did Kerry and Muller suggest that the American soldiers who served in Vietnam were brutal by nature or did they imply that the war led them to behave in that way? Explain.



7		Why do suppose that Kerry and Muller became antiwar activists after serving in Vietnam?

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