A Couple Questions:

Mr. P.,
I just got done watching some of Full Metal Jacket and could not help but notice how it portrays war and field training in such a negative light. I was just wondering, is everything we watch and study this semester going to display the armed forces as nothing but causing death and destruction? I realize that we are studying the Vietnam War, which naturally has an overall negative connotation associated with it, but many people do join the military for noble purposes, by choice, and war, I believe, can sometimes be a glorious thing. I was also curious about one other thing. Could you help explain the difference between communism and socialism to me? I was just a little confused on the topics and before going further, had hoped I would have a little better basic understanding of the variances between the two.