The War In the Past and The War In The Present

Back when the U.S was fighting in Vietnam that mentioned a great deal on communists, now in today's times, you pretty much just here about terrorists and their plans for global domination based on their beliefs.
Since people back then checked their newspaper more, they would read headlines like "Communists Take Over Saigon", as you can tell it say communist on it so, you can tell it was a big deal back in the day. Today you read headlines on the net like "The War on Terror", which is pretty catchy but as always, the media makes it seem badder that it really is.

Big Man Power

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We have decided to terminate our diplomatic relationship with Cuba since they our now in Alliance with the Soviet Union.
1/3/61 8:45PM


BigManPower
Today I pledged today to the our American people that we will not intervene militarily to overthrow Castro, this will help to avoid another unnecessary war.
4/12/61 6:15PM


BigManPower
Dam Castro is a very dangerous man he does not know what alliance he really has with the Soviets!
7/27/62 5:35PM


BigManPower
I received a memo from John McCone, the Director of the CIA, warning that Soviet will be deploying medium range ballistic missiles will be deployed from within Cuba! This is a serious threat to the American people!
8/10/62 5:50PM

BigManPower
I wrote to  Khrushchev today stating that we the U.S will not invade Cuba if, they agree to remove their missiles from there, this should settle things for now.
10/27/92 11:02PM

Vietnam War Interview

1. How old were you when the Vietnam War began?
  I was 12, I lived with my little brother and mom in Texas for a couple of years.
2. What do you recall when you turned on the TV or checked the news.
  Something about a war and people dying, I didn't like t.v back in the day.
3. What about your parents what did they say?
   Well my dad was an illegal immigrant from Mexico and during that time he worked over there for business purposes; he only visited during the summer. My mom would just try to ignore it and tell me that everything is going to be fine; that's how she lived life.
4. What did you tell your little brother about the war?
    Ha, since he was 8 and I 12, I use to tell him scary stories about wars and how they pick people randomly and used the Vietnam war as an example to scare him into keeping good grades in school.
5. If you were of age, would you have enlisted in the army or just let luck do its magic?
    Well, during that time I loved visiting Mexico so, if they ever called me, I would have bailed out and headed to Mexico until it was safe to come back... I hate wars.