Most recent public comments by Trung Nguyen https://nowcomment.com/users/16344 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=385110 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=385110 The anecdotes and historical examples provided by the author show how war affects people in different ways. Viet Nguyen describes himself as having experienced the captivation of the "fun" stories of war, while observing that he only "experienced the half of war that is not any fun." The truth is, war is not just about soldiers and their struggle. It is not just about collateral damage and the opportunity to start a new life. War, like life, is filled with contradictions and layers, and affects every individual differently but similarly as well. War is thrilling for many, horrible for most. Many Vietnamese did become Doctors, wealthy, or adjusted in the U.S; many are still finding their way and are feeling their own residuals from the war. What matters however, is that the stories of those whom people may deem as "boring", need to be heard. That war is not just an event to market stories and heroic fantasies around, but a very real event that touches and transforms (for better or worse) the lives of anyone who comes in contact with it. It is through the boring stories in which we find how disturbingly normal we treat the idea of war. Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:27:50 -0700