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DustyJoe

(849 posts)
28. Total Bovine Excrement there
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 03:37 PM
Sep 2014

What unit were you in that you had the ROE to 'kill anything that moves' ?

I was in Vietnam Nov 67 thru May 68, fought in both TET battles Feb 68 and May 68 with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. As a Heliborne Assault Reaction force Infantryman.

Our ROE was very close to the ROE today. In any populated area city, hamlet etc. It was only fire if fired upon .. PERIOD. Only in the totally unpopulated areas in the jungle was it considered a 'free fire zone'.

Your Vietnam experience detailing your mass killing whether you were involved or just an REMF hearing scuttlebut is nothing but a propogandic lie. DU is the home to a LOT of Vietnam combat vets. I don't think any ONE of them would agree with the 'naziism' and 'mass killing' claims. Next you'll be stating that hippies spat on you when you came back and called you a baby killer.

You do a disservice to your fellow vets, especially the combat vets to disseminate the prog line of mass murdering US forces in Vietnam.

And yes the Lt. Cally of another Light Infantry Brigade dirtied the names of a lot of Veterans that never fought outside the ROE demanded. But painting them all as nazis and mass murderers is a bit broad brushed.

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The urge to be seen as a "Strong Leader" by killing people is bi-partisan. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #1
Wow,powerful writing! janlyn Sep 2014 #2
AU Professor Peter Kuznick often talks about our cluelessness re: Vietnamese casualties RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #3
For all times the Nazi's are unique in all history. gordianot Sep 2014 #6
I think it is extremely dangerous to consider the Nazis unique. RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #9
I am speaking of industrial methodolgy not numbers. gordianot Sep 2014 #23
Nazis are not unique BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #15
Oh yes, when americans do it it's "just nature" Scootaloo Sep 2014 #17
Good point BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #22
Infecting the native population with small pox infected blankets is no less genocide. gordianot Sep 2014 #24
Only if genocide was his intent. ieoeja Sep 2014 #27
That's what they all say. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #30
imagine if you will Adam051188 Sep 2014 #4
it all spins in a circle now edgineered Sep 2014 #10
Same with Iraq malaise Sep 2014 #5
idk Adam051188 Sep 2014 #7
I almost used the same phrase malaise Sep 2014 #8
Brown people....Americans don't care... nt Bigmack Sep 2014 #11
"Those 58,000 Americans died for nothing." Martin Eden Sep 2014 #12
But they can't tell you Mr.Bill Sep 2014 #13
Which is as much nonsense as the hippies themselves claiming to have ended the war Scootaloo Sep 2014 #14
Imperial pride BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #16
The Vietnamese People had a crucial factor in their favor: Martin Eden Sep 2014 #26
Read Nick Turse's book . . FairWinds Sep 2014 #18
Total Bovine Excrement there DustyJoe Sep 2014 #28
KnR chknltl Sep 2014 #19
And blaming some of this Turbineguy Sep 2014 #20
Meanwhile, back in reality ConservativeDemocrat Sep 2014 #21
As one who soldiered in Vietnam . . FairWinds Sep 2014 #25
They were "OTHERS". Iraqis, Syrians & Kurds; Palestinians & Jews. Whether they are killed by us or pampango Sep 2014 #29
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