:51:02
Well, if it wasn"t for the people,
it was very pretty.
:51:05
Uh, the people over there
are very backward and very primitive.
:51:08
And they just make a mess
out of everything.
:51:12
How did you--
How did you, um--
:51:14
What do you feel about
the people that, um,
:51:17
went and burned their draft cards
and went into Canada?
:51:20
We don't agree with them.
I think these people were legally wrong.
:51:23
I think sometimes they were cowards.
:51:26
If they wanted to leave
and go to Canada, that's okay.
:51:30
But they can"t come back, though,
because they have disagreed.
:51:33
They say, "We don"t like your country,
we don"t like your people. "
:51:36
They're saying that
to you and me.
:51:38
"I don't like you, so I'm leaving.''
:51:40
Well, fine, that's okay. There's
no reason to hate a guy for that.
:51:44
'Cause that's also his right,
but he can't come back.
:51:48
Instead of helping and aiding
the Vietnamese people,
:51:52
I saw that we were party to their
deliberate and systematic destruction.
:51:57
The Vietnamese were considered,
less than humans, inferiors.
:52:02
We called them "gooks,'' "slopes.''
:52:05
Their lives weren't worth anything to us
because we'd been taught to believe...
:52:09
that they were all fanatical
and that they were all V.C...
:52:12
or V.C. sympathizers,
even the children.
:52:15
Many of us, however,
began to understand...
:52:17
through our personal
experiences in Vietnam...
:52:20
the depth of the lies and deceptions
practiced upon us,
:52:23
and the American people,
by our country's leaders.
:52:27
It was they who trained us
to kill without question...
:52:30
and to hate our enemy--
the Vietnamese.
:52:34
They concocted such phrases
as "kill ratios,'' "search and destroy,''
:52:38
"free fire zones,''
"secure areas,'' and so on...
:52:42
to mask the reality
of their combat policy in Vietnam.
:52:47
I make no apology
for this act of resistance.
:52:50
I could do nothing else
at the time.
:52:53
But underground life
has become intolerable to me.
:52:56
So I'm here today to draw attention
to the true facts concerning my case...