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karynnj

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9. No - it might be more like Afghanistan's Abu Ghraib

Reply to DeathToTheOil (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 04:36 PM

Jan 2012

It seriously does not rise to the level of My Lai, where a village of people were systematically murdered. That said, like Abu Ghraib is completely disgusting, and shows values that we would not want associated with the US. All you have to do is turn it around and imagine the reaction here if the corpses were American and the soldiers were Taliban.

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The Pissing Contest: Afghanistan's My Lai? [View all] DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 OP

Huh? RZM Jan 2012 #1

There was no video of My Lai DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 #5

If you're talking about the impact on world opinion, perhaps RZM Jan 2012 #6

I was in college in the late 1960s and early 1970s - and we did not need video karynnj Jan 2012 #10

Carter did that? Thanks for the information. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #13

I was rather shocked to learn that - here on DU, in fact karynnj Jan 2012 #15

While I also voted for Carter, I was surprised that he - and not Reagan - began de-regulation. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #16

no, there was a much worse case Enrique Jan 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author HereSince1628 Jan 2012 #3

Taliban say Marines urinating tape won't hurt talks muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #4

Well, if they interviewed all of the members of the Taliban, then there's no problem. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #12

I don't try and judge marines in a war combat zone quinnox Jan 2012 #7

That goes for the Afghanistan fighters as well n/t arcane1 Jan 2012 #8

No, see, that's different gratuitous Jan 2012 #14

No matter what happened the days before, it can not justify it karynnj Jan 2012 #11

You can judge the quality and involvement of the leaders in DC who did not provide the AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #17

I imagine that there are indeed standards... LanternWaste Jan 2012 #21

No - it might be more like Afghanistan's Abu Ghraib karynnj Jan 2012 #9

information tskiens Jan 2012 #18

Not even close in either direction. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #19

Hundreds of BILLION$ of our tax dollar$ spent.. 99Forever Jan 2012 #20

This may comparable to Abu Graib, but not to My Lai JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2012 #22

Only in the sense that it displays the contempt we hold for the people we're there to "help". Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #23