He talks about his Vietnam experience, ... He relates his stories of remarkable heroism, and the implied message in all of that is: 'I'll keep you safe.'

It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.

So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.

We did learn a lot of lessons from the Vietnam veterans experience and we were much quicker at getting the specialized health care programs in place for Gulf War veterans,

There is a parallel,

I'm very sunny. You know, I'm always optimistic.