You poor victim. No one but the CIA, the Military Industrial Complex, and drug dealers benefited from the Vietnam war. I don't care about fake news about some "3% to 52% ratio." You consider poor folks that make bad choices undeserving. That defines you as a volunteer for Vietnam. I was in the draft and got a lucky #. I sacrificed having equal rights under the law. I could have gone to Canada, a civilized country. The Underground Railroad has always ended in Canada. Instead, I tried to leave the country better than I found it at birth. The election of Obama shows folks like me did make a difference. I was a community organizer as well. I made all those accomplishments while dealing with institutional racial discrimination with all my employers. I have more accomplishments if you want to read them. Who is profiling you?  As an old black man, I still get followed when I go shopping at an unfamiliar store. I'm sorry you wasted your life, based on what you have written so far. Peace