I would like to know what happened, why it happened, and how did the soldiers and military personall deal with what they did to those people?
214509
"The Mỹ Lai Massacre was a massacre committed by U.S. soldiers of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and children, on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. It prompted widespread outrage around the world and reduced American support at home for the war in Vietnam."\n\n\nGet a good start at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre
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I live here in Philadelphia, Mississippi where that happened. \nYou might try our local newspaper. They have a continuing series about all the events of that incident. Feel free to e-mail me @ yahoo if you have any more questions.I was a small child but I remember some things.\nHope this helps. Blessings...
551035
I've read the story before. there is a similar story of a missionary that the villagers had planned to attack. At the time they had planned the attack, they saw 21 armed guards surrounding his tent. it was later discovered that 21 men were praying for him at that exact moment. WOW
250092
That war question is a hard one to answer. I am glad that those brave soldiers out there fought for my freedom in my country. And if someone invaded your country and wanted to take away your freedoms what would you think? I hate war and I hate innocent people dieing but there is evil out there and we need to protect what is ours
61359
if you read some more news (not edited for content by liberals) you will see plenty of U.S. civilians and troops tortured, killed, their bodies drug through the streets by the good and noble people of Iraq. I was there I know what really went on, and the liberal newsreports don't want the public to know the truth.\n\njust check with al jazeera and see who has been kidnapped and is awaiting death. Also check and see how many were killed, their heads sawed off with a dull sword, for the glory of allah.\n\nsome soldiers have done unspeakable things and are being punished for it. but who is being held accountable for the kidnappings, torturing and killing of journalists and aid workers?????
415117
Most of us suffer from some for of post traumatic stress disorder.  Especially those who saw combat.  We were programed to kill people and break things to act as police in the most unusual chaos without the training to do it.  I remember being told to suit up in MOPP gear, a chemical weapon suit and learn how to fire so I could continue on with the mission when all I could think of was getting the hell out of the contaminated area.  also taking a life offsets you years after you do it.  Especially the bloody ones or the younger ones.  You usually have no choice but you dwell on it constantly when you get out.  Best solution is to talk with other people who have experienced what you have, don't break any confidences but open up as much as you can.  it has helped me some.
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I am a military wife and proud of my soldier.  He is deployed now.  Yeah we have lost people but those soldiers we have families who wish they were still with us.   you may not care about those who have fallen but i sure as hell do.  you need to remember what country you are in  before you go bashing those who is fighting for your freedom.
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Im in the Army also and I truely believe the Army is treating soldiers with less dicipline now days. For instance, theyre giving soldiers wekkend passes during basic training, letting them smoke cigarettes and now "stress cards", what the hell is that? Ive noticed with the new privates comming into our unit, they treat the NCO's very disrespectful. I know I got my a$$ smoked if I even talked back to them in the wrong way. The Army and the country is going to hell i swear! Everthing's so screwed up now!
339608
We started this, we have to bring it to an end. After we leave, then whatever happens... happens. The US achieved the vacuum of power that would now exist if we were to cut and run. Things are bad there now, but they are nothing like what would happen were we to immediately remove our troops. Forget the fighters......... every man with his heart must remember all the innocent victims that would loose their life without our presence there.
198461
That is a disgusting question. What happened to the indians was GENOCIDE. These two situations are not even remotely comparable.
412971
Uh yeah they killed people by making them drink water/gas until they burst. They wouldn't let anyone throw the bodies away to emphasize how everyone should be afriad of them. Dogs became fat from eating the bodies. They impaled babies on bayonets. They has killing contests that were endlessly upped from 100-150 because they lost track of how many people they had killed. They set fire to people's pubic hair with gas to see who would run farthest/scream loudest. They didn't pay any reparations for what they did, in fact they received aid from the US. Also members of the imperial family were involved in the actual battles.
636181
Reading the news on what happened to the two soldiers have saddened me deeply. It's horrible to hear how some people, people without regards for morals or sympathy, would do something as terrible as this to two young soldiers. Its disheartening to hear something like this because they are young citizens, a human being like you and me, taken away from this world by means of extreme violence. These soldiers have family and friends who will have to suffer from their loss. These soldiers will no longer have the ability to live life further than they have lived it. Its disheartnening to hear about something like this. May they rest in peace.\nI commend the two soldiers who have died serving our country, and to all members of the armed services who have, had, and will defend our country.
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Im sorry to say i agree with you. If it wasnt for those soldiers who gave their lives for this country we wouldnt be who we are today. We would all be walking round with German accents. My father served in the 2ndWW and i know of the bloodshed he saw. They do deserve more but unfortunately with new generations like everything else things like this get forgotten. At least some remember and that is better than none remembering at least. x
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You heard the story on NPR this morniing too.  All the lower level soldiers that are now serving time in prison were all scapegoats.  Of course the upper level military authorized it, they came up with the methods.  The US now has secret concentration camps around the world and also has contracted with Haliburton for over 300 million to build concentration camps inside the US.
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Disobey an order because its unlawful, yeah I did that twice both in a theatre of combat.  One was to refuse medical attention to an enemy combatant, the guy had been shot in the face and had his lower jaw in his hand.  We were told to just let the guy go and bleed out basically, we called a corpsman over though to give the guy something for his pain, he later died and me and another guy got yelled at for like 5 minutes and that was about it.  The only other time was some BS that involved a land mine a guy brought to us, I still to this day dont know if the SSgt was joking or not when he told us to have the guy jump on it to see if it was live.
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LOL!  You would've had me believing your nice little story except you decided to use the Marine Corps as your example.  \n\nMarines know why we are there and are happy to be able to help the Iraqi people.  Marines may cry over the loss of one of their own, but they would not be in OUR COUNTRY crying in A RESTAURANT over something like that!\n\nNice story though.
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If you had a bully that was going to kick your butt.Then he hit you and it feels like being hit with a wet noodle.How would that make you feel?That's what happened in Iraq.There were so many people in the Iraq government trying to convince the other Islamic countries that they were the strongest,that they didn't know where thew truth was.I have known someone that had the same problem, never knowing where one lie starts and the next one stops.We(the World)were all lied to by Saddam's people.That's all the information we(the World)had to go on, think aboout that.