"Was _Platoon_ a glorification of the Vietnam war?" Not intentionally, but its climax, a nighttime firefight managed to create a visceral excitement in many of its viewers that, possibly unintentionally, became a glorification of war in general. With this, _Born on the 4th of July_, and _JFK_ as evidence, I have decided that Stone is basically a hypocrite, or at least phenomenally muddle-headed. Stephen Brophy Cambridge, Mass.