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elmac

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19. Villagers had no control over who they helped

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 04:50 PM

Mar 2018

they were forced, through coercion, to supply food, shelter when the VC came calling, usually at night. Then US solders would show up, demand cooperation, not always bad but all these people wanted was to survive, they didn't give a shit about communism or democracy, they just got caught in the middle. We weren't there to help them, we were there to fight the cold war with help the military industrial complex make a few bucks.

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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