Viet Nam Veterans, Please Help Me Understand: How could a Viet Nam Vet be so conservative [View All]

as to "hate" Dems.

I really was too young to follow the Viet Nam war, but recently I have met a Veteran of that war who I really admire, except for the fact that he is extremely conservative. He's incredibly brave and courageous, and I have nothing but admiration for him and what he went through, but he makes fun of liberals.

He thinks Bush is a great president.

And I know from listening to his recollections from the war that he has been through total and complete hell in that war and probably has PTSD. My question, which is probably naive, is simply: How could anyone go through the Viet Nam War and still have more faith in conservatives than Liberal Dems? I just don't get how this can be.