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14. interesting bit about calley--synchronicities--was just reading about him as I was doing the

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:43 PM

Dec 2015

posts on wounded knee (one of the articles drew a direct line between wounded knee and mylai) so I wondered about him. turns out he is still around, showing the tiniest bit of remorse, but excusing his actions:

On August 19, 2009, while speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Greater Columbus, Calley issued an apology for his role in the My Lai massacre. Calley said:

There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai. I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry.... If you are asking why I did not stand up to them when I was given the orders, I will have to say that I was a 2nd Lieutenant getting orders from my commander and I followed them—foolishly, I guess.[20][21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley

and medina:

After resigning from the army, Medina went to work at an Enstrom Helicopter Corporation plant owned by F. Lee Bailey in Menominee, Michigan.[4] He now lives in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, at Rennes East Nursing Home.

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Take a guess, how many people were shot by US police on Christmas. [View all] DetlefK Dec 2015 OP

When did the police become an occupying army? eom guillaumeb Dec 2015 #1

hmm, according to john ehrlichmann--during the beginning of the "war on drugs", apparently. niyad Dec 2015 #2

And William Clinton also contributed to the drug war hysteria. eom guillaumeb Dec 2015 #4

That was the plan, anyway. malthaussen Dec 2015 #9

now that you mention it, I remember that episode. always thought the hunter character was niyad Dec 2015 #11

As 1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual... malthaussen Dec 2015 #12

interesting bit about calley--synchronicities--was just reading about him as I was doing the niyad Dec 2015 #14

Ah, the Nuremburg defense... malthaussen Dec 2015 #16

I would say I feel sick, but that last statement was so typical of the utter cluelessness and niyad Dec 2015 #18

No way is this related to having 300 million guns in the USA! Human101948 Dec 2015 #3

Silly human. Guns make the US safer. guillaumeb Dec 2015 #5

Absolutely!!! That's why combat zones are noted for their safety! nt flamin lib Dec 2015 #7

Now you tell me nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #17

A very nice signature line. Are you really from Texas? eom guillaumeb Dec 2015 #21

Yes I am born and bred in Texas. There really are reasonable and decent people here who can think flamin lib Dec 2015 #22

Jim Hightower, the late Molly Ivins, Lyndon Johnson, and more. guillaumeb Dec 2015 #23

It's not the number of guns. It's the attitude on guns. DetlefK Dec 2015 #6

Because 4 times the guns should = 500 times as many shootings Taitertots Dec 2015 #8

All part of the same operation... Human101948 Dec 2015 #10

30 per 100....wonder who has the privilege of ownership in Germany. ileus Dec 2015 #15

I blame so of this on good old talk radio samplegirl Dec 2015 #13

I'm shocked only 9 people were killed by cops on Christmas Day. KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #19

I have yet to see one prosecuted for assisted suicide. Downwinder Dec 2015 #20