Difference in public reception for veterans returning from Vietnam and Iraq respectively?whats difference n the public reception of veterans...

The difference here is that Vietnam veterans were not
given any honors and were, so the stories go, treated very badly by some of the people
they met.  Even when they were not personally treated badly, they were certainly not
honored because the nation did not know how to deal with the idea that the US had failed
to win a war.

By contrast, in wars since then, people have
been very careful not to repeat this mistake.  Even those who oppose the war have been
careful to treat those who fought with respect and honor.  We have seen, for example,
many professional and college sports teams doing special things to honor veterans who
have returned.  On sports broadcasts, especially around the holidays, the TV networks
will show film of soldiers out in Iraq or Afghanistan watching the games.  There are
messages of support for the soldiers that are broadcast during those
games.

In all of these ways, soldiers in the Iraq War (both
those who return and those who are still over there) are treated with much more respect
and honor than the Vietnam veterans were.