Being born in 1942. I'm not a "baby boomer".  However, I was actively involved in the Anti-Vietnam War Movement and opposed our continued and escalating involvement in SE Asia.  Please note, BTW, that I said the history of the world "might" have been different...and, indeed, it might have.  There is nothing disingenuous about that statement....it's not an "argument."  

I'd be very happy to discuss the Vietnam War with you anytime and the tragic parallels to our invasion and destruction of Iraq.  Indeed, discussion of the Vietnam War is painful for me...not because two of the presidents who escalated our involvement were Democrats, but because it was a tragic chapter in our history.