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LisaM

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7. Thank you!

Fri Mar 16, 2018, 01:19 PM

Mar 2018

I've never understood why Colin Powell gets such a pass. There was My Lai, there was his refusal to work with Bill Clinton to let gays serve openly in the military, there was the way he went to Crawford during the recount to lend legitimacy to the Bush team, and of course, the infamous weapons of mass destruction presentation at the UN.

Yet people treat him like some kind of hero. I know we live in Upside-Down Land half the time, and this is just one glaring example.

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of My Lai massacre [View all] elmac Mar 2018 OP

I've always suspected that there were smaller TheDebbieDee Mar 2018 #1

I agree nt elmac Mar 2018 #3

Kill Every Thing That Moves. spike jones Mar 2018 #6

Wow.... Upthevibe Mar 2018 #17

and let us never forget that colin powell was instrumental in the attempted coverup. niyad Mar 2018 #2

Thank you! LisaM Mar 2018 #7

I'm old enough to remember this Ohiogal Mar 2018 #4

High Def version dingosatemyusername Mar 2018 #5

wow yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #8

I was in Nam when that happened... kentuck Mar 2018 #9

This happened right after the Tet offensive started elmac Mar 2018 #12

Very true. kentuck Mar 2018 #13

I know very little about Vietnam and almost nothing about this massacre. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #10

There were dozens and dozens of My Lai slaughters. shadowmayor Mar 2018 #11

There are events today and tomorrow in San Diego. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #14

I remember this.. Upthevibe Mar 2018 #15

I was born in 1962 and didn't remember it BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #16

It was to punish the village orangecrush Mar 2018 #18

Villagers had no control over who they helped elmac Mar 2018 #19

We were trying to force the farming people orangecrush Mar 2018 #20

Yes, the south Vietnam goverment had that policy of elmac Mar 2018 #21

Total fiasco orangecrush Mar 2018 #22