Powell and My Lai 📂 Archived Message Posted by johnlilburne on October 23, 2021, 2:11 am, in reply to "Yet another Al Jazeera tribute to "one of America's most trusted leaders."" Richard Medhurst @richimedhurst In 1968, US troops massacred around 500 Vietnamese civilians. Some were mutilated and gang raped. Tasked with investigating claims of mistreatment by US soldiers, Colin Powell wrote back then “relations between Americal Division soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent.” My Lai villagers just seconds before they were massacred: Thread here: https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/1450516671458942979 Message Thread: Yet another Al Jazeera tribute to "one of America's most trusted leaders." - Morrissey October 22, 2021, 9:33 pm An antidote - Raskolnikov October 22, 2021, 10:02 pm Can't wait for 98 yr-old Kissinger's obsequious obituaries, can you? The good die young. - Jim_Carlucci October 22, 2021, 11:27 pm I can hear it already..... - Ed October 22, 2021, 11:41 pm Simon Schama is a great admirer of Kissinger. - Morrissey October 23, 2021, 2:10 am Re: Simon Schama is a great admirer of Kissinger. - johnlilburne October 23, 2021, 2:17 am Re: Can't wait for 98 yr-old Kissinger's obsequious obituaries, can you? The good die young. - sinister burt October 23, 2021, 9:23 am Powell and My Lai - johnlilburne October 23, 2021, 2:11 am Why AJ descent into slavish and supine coverage? Arab Stockholm syndrome? (nm) - Auribus October 23, 2021, 5:53 am Stockholm syndrome is a fabrication - Keith-264 October 23, 2021, 12:58 pm « Index   Searching