Most recent public comments by Leah Rucki https://nowcomment.com/users/16939 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=408425 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=408425 I believe that this sentence is extremely significant. In modern day America, we feel that we know everything. There is a sense that we know all that we need to know about history. How is it then, that something that happened so recently is close to being forgotten? How is it that people that risked their lives can be forgotten so easily? We, as privileged Americans never think that we have to fight amnesia, simply because we have all of the technology we would ever need to record happenings. This represents just how much we take for granted. America oftentimes writes history, with the other side of the story going unheard. The story of the Hmong veterans is not well known. They do not have the voice they need. It is honorable that these men still assemble, convene, and attempt to preserve history, but in their position it will not be possible for much longer. I feel like this paragraph as a whole is a call to action. If nothing is done now, all that we will have left is the stories that these people passed down, soon to be forgotten. Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:49:36 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=406891 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=406891 I believe that this paragraph makes some very important points-- "war is profitable" and "war is a bore". Many American's ideas of war come from what they see on the screen-- brave men doing heroic things. The message that war makes a huge amount of money will never be portrayed by these movies. That knowledge could jeopardize the valor that we see in relation to war. The economics of war is simply portrayed as something boring so that not many people would actually look into it. This is also because, as Nguyen says, "the fact that war makes an enormous amount of money is either disturbing to most Americans or not disturbing at all, due to the aforementioned disorder". The boring aspect of war is also disturbing. While horrendous acts are happening elsewhere, life goes on for the majority of Americans. Nyueng articulates this well, comparing it to a sporting event for those not involved. If all we see is "good war stories", then the market of "bad war stories" is nonexistent. This can be blamed on the 'American military-cinema industrial complex'. Mon, 09 Nov 2015 20:22:26 -0500