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gopiscrap

(24,707 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:10 PM 7 hrs ago

this is the 58th Anniversay of the My Lai massacre

I dare say that the bombing of the school in Iran is our modern day equivalent of that massacre. We need to hold trump and hegseth accountable!

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this is the 58th Anniversay of the My Lai massacre (Original Post) gopiscrap 7 hrs ago OP
58th. 1968. Lochloosa 7 hrs ago #1
oops my bad, I'll correct it thanks gopiscrap 7 hrs ago #2
I hope to be able to visit Vietnam someday. Aristus 7 hrs ago #3
I was there last February gopiscrap 7 hrs ago #4
And of Colin Powell's participation in the cover-up. LisaM 7 hrs ago #5
My Lai was the tip of the iceberg 303squadron 6 hrs ago #6
Just the truth malaise 6 hrs ago #7
A dark page in The Wizard 5 hrs ago #8

Aristus

(72,086 posts)
3. I hope to be able to visit Vietnam someday.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:33 PM
7 hrs ago

And when I do, I want to visit the My Lai memorial. Pay my respects to the memory of so many horribly murdered people.

gopiscrap

(24,707 posts)
4. I was there last February
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:37 PM
7 hrs ago

amazing place...the people were kind and gracious, so very welcoming. Took 4 different tours and learned so much. Well worth the visit.

LisaM

(29,604 posts)
5. And of Colin Powell's participation in the cover-up.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:39 PM
7 hrs ago

Just one of his many blunders and yet he is revered.

303squadron

(808 posts)
6. My Lai was the tip of the iceberg
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:03 PM
6 hrs ago

I had a friend in the Air Calvary who told me that one morning they flew over a village and took small arms fire from an AK47. They reported this to headquarters and went about their mission for the day. The very next day they flew over the same village and it had been napalmed - 100 to 200 South Vietnamese indiscriminately burned to death.

That’s how we “won over their hearts and minds.”

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