My experience tells me that some of the cruelest people on Earth can be.... [View all]

[kentuck]

...the US Military.

I had the unfortunate circumstance of being in Vietnam in '67, '68, and '69. I saw how people were de-humanized.

I was in country when the massacre at My Lai happened. It was immediately after the Tet offensive and revenge emotions were still high. When Lt Calley led his men thru that village, he had no control over them. They killed everyone in sight - men, women, and children. They burned their homes.

I heard the talk of how they would take 2 or 3 suspected VC up in a chopper and try to get information from them. If they refused to talk, they would throw one out, until someone talked. They would cut off their ears to prove they got a kill.

This is why I fear so much putting our military on our streets or in any capacity other than war. Although many, perhaps most, of our troops are humane and compassionate, many more can be very, very cruel.

My two cents to America.