The cost of the war in Vietnam. since 1964 and including future veteran benefits. will exceed $180 billion. One can only guess how much of the ignorance. hate. and violence in our society today might have been prevented if that money had been spent on better schools. on better housing. on food for the hungry. on jobs for the unemployed. on decent incomes for all. and. yes. on better prisons. And one can only guess at what the future holds for South Vietnam with more than 1 million civilian casualties. with 5 million of its people refugees. with oneseventh of its land area denuded by herbicide spraying. Certainly. historians will concern themselves with these questions. but the questions are not for history alone. They are most pertinent to the present. to the vote at hand.
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