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ripcord

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18. I'm not prepared to bash Carter

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #17)

Tue Jun 7, 2022, 01:34 PM

Jun 2022

I was thinking how times have changed, I believe Carter felt that the fact that since the man shot was an officer who infiltrated the area in civilian clothing and slit the throat of a South Vietnamese Lt. Colonel, his wife and their kids wasn't entitled to many protections.

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