I have to say something today about the CIA report release today showing how we as a people lost our humanity out of fear, revenge, but the truth is there is not excuse to give up your humanity. I direct this statement not at individuals but US, the american people, durning the time this went on the general consensus for a majority of the people was ask little. I am one that saw cruelty, use of torture once in anger, once preparation to take VC up in a helicopter by South Vietnamese interrogators to talk or fly with no knowledge of what happen.
This was a government program with a large budget simply makes me sick, like many I more or less know well from the news reports that something was very wrong, the numbers and ways used however our way beyond my thinking.
Born on a farm in Iowa, lived the American dream.
US Marine Corp. Medical Retired in 1967. Returning to Vietnam 1969 to 1975 as a civilian, worked in the evacuation of Vietnam April in 1975.
Lived in Iran for 2 years, departing after the revolution.
Worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years for Saudi Aramco, 1979 to 1999. Early Retirement.
Worked for a USA oil drilling company Transocean drilling medical retirement in 2006.
Married to a beautiful special lady from Vietnam for 43 years.
In 2008 I started to write a book, drawing on what I have learned, saw and lived in my life. I hope to help others to think of our world with just a bit more depth with a little more honesty - understanding. I believe all have something to share, this is why I Write.
( Experience is a knowledge not gained by words, but by Sight, Sound, Victories, Failure, Sleeplessness, Devotion, Love. The Human experience and Emotions of this Earth. Of ones self, of Other men, and perhaps too, A little Faith, Reverence for things you cannot see....... By: Adlai Stevenson. )
Happiness is oh so simple, a thankful heart the beginning of wisdom.
Richard L Iverson
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