Looking Back on Bad Decisions

We view the past in a much different light than we view the present. We see our mistakes easier. We look back and we see that maybe we were be real bad guys.

The United States fought and funded a war in the name of democracy and freedom, and in the process we supported a dictatorship that ended up taking the lives of thousands of civilians. We lied, we cheated, we stole, we blamed other people.

Maybe we should think twice before doing something like that again.

Oh wait, we already have.

In the photo: South Vietnamese troops, with American gear and weapons, dropped off in a combat zone by American helicopters.