Why women in USA hated American War heroes after the Vietnam War?

Question

Why women in USA hated American War heroes after the Vietnam War?

When American soldiers returned from Vietnam, most of their girlfriends and wives had started new relationships....and they had started to hate their former lovers....

IS THIS STILL HAPPENING IN USA?

Answer 1

That was an era of "peace ,love, dope" The Vietnam war was less popular then, than the Iraq was is now.

It was also a time that protesting anything to do with "the establishment" was considered "hip"

The poor guys followed orders ,got there asses shot off, and returned home as villans, it really sucked.

I see much less of that attitude today with the Iraqi vets, most people these days are able to oppose the war while supporting the troops.

Answer 2

A large portion of the US population strongly opposed the Vietnam War. Reports of the atrocities committed by the military (Agent Orange, for example) created the opinion that ordinary soldiers were vicious, immoral criminals, as opposed to just young men who had no idea what they signed up for and were used as pawns.

Additionally, because of the US government's alliance with the Hmong people, many American soldiers became addicted to opium or heroin while in Vietnam. Some women waited patiently for their boyfriends/husbands only to have them return drug-addled strangers. Many soldiers also became involved with Vietnamese women. Many of their girlfriends and wives probably did the same thing, and became involved with other men.

Most people now take the opinion of "oppose the war, support the troops" and many people believe that the best way to support the troops is to bring them home, where they belong.

Answer 3

Vietnam was an unpopular war at the time, and our soldiers were treated wrongly because of it. Today, though, our soldiers are treated as heroes, which is what they deserve. Unfortunately, being gone for so long can put a strain on a soldier's relationship with his wife/girlfriend, and there are too many women that either ended the relationship or cheated while their man was away at war. This still goes on now, but I don't know how common it is.

Answer 4

Who says they did? NOT all of them did.  Unless you have hard statistics proving it, I say you are full of it...and are just either an embittered woman hater or a troll!

That kind of statement is an INSULT to those wives and girlfriends who stayed loyal to their men, and stuck by them even after dealing with their man's PTSD...and to the widows of men who oftentimes never remarried!

Edit:

You tell 'em Mr. Teabag!  Cassius should watch his mouth as well as his fingers on the keyboard. He thought he was being clever when he blocked me for telling the truth about his stupid question on feminists...but he's not fooling anyone but himself! Blocking me doesn't mean you can hide from the truth...so there!

Answer 5

Vietnam was a pretty messed up time in the US.  NONE of the hero's were welcomed home by either s*x.  

See a lot of it around still today. People dislike the war so they "attack" the military personel.

Answer 6

Have you any real evidence of this?  Many women need s*x and lose interest in a man who is absent, for what ever reason.  That is why there is a term called the "Dear John letter."  This happened in WWI and in WWII, and probably throughout history.  Men, fighting in 3war, and specifically in Vietnam, many time took Vietnamese women as mistresses.  According to your line of thought, this could only have been because they hated all American women.

Answer 7

Uh, about what are you babbling?

It's not true that ALL American women hated Vietnam vets.

There were some anti-war protesters who (wrongly) took it out on the soldiers.

Uh, MOST of their girlfriends and wives had started new relationships? So, you make up bogus facts, and then believe them as though they're true? Fun, yes, but it has nothing to do with reality.

Moving on to another relationship is NOT "hating" the former spouse.

In EVERY war ever, some of the "girls left behind" would, as they say, send a "Dear John" letter. (When your guy isn't there, and others guys are, and you're lonely, and you want to be married and have kids and a family -- many find it hard to not do so. It's also true that a lot of those soldiers got involved with local girls.)

So, you make up facts, ignore most of reality, then ask why and if it's still the case.

Instead, you could base your wonderings on reality, rather than stuff you've made up.

Answer 8

Hate is rather strong; the Vietnam war was a very unpopular war, no fault of the soldiers, but engendered ill will in the USA plus it was the beginning of the peace and hippie movements so the time conspired to work against the war and the war heroes. And since the Vietnam war ended decades ago no it is not still happening nor are women reacting the same way today toward the soldiers in the Iraq war.

Answer 9

They don't, just a few elite idiots do, which consist of men and women.

And Cassius, I lost all respect for you, Liberal p***y.

Answer 10

Of course it is still happening, look at how Code Pink protest in front of Walter Reed Hospital. They laugh and ridicule our wounded soliders and their family. Of course the main stream media will never report how thier side can be so classless.