Reply #12: I remember reading a really good article years ago -- part [View All]

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cultural criticism, part detective story -- about how the "POWs left behind" movement was a whole lot of bullshit that was driven by shady right wingers looking for money from gullible people, and looking to create a mood that justified a lot of Reagan's BS in central and south america.

IIRC correctly it drew a connection between the shady people pushing the movement and the producers of the Deer Hunter, which was considered a commerical advertisement for the movement.