DC09 Posted August 21, 2004 #1 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Wintersoldier.com On January 31, 1971, members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) met in a Detroit hotel to document war crimes that they had participated in or witnessed during their combat tours in Vietnam. During the next three days, more than 100 Vietnam veterans and 16 civilians gave anguished, emotional testimony describing hundreds of atrocities against innocent civilians in South Vietnam, including rape, arson, torture, murder, and the shelling or napalming of entire villages. The witnesses stated that these acts were being committed casually and routinely, under orders, as a matter of policy. In April, the VVAW stormed Washington in a week-long protest. At the height of it, spokesman John Kerry went before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to accuse the United States military of committing massive numbers of war crimes in Vietnam. The appearance launched Kerry's political career. The charges he made shocked and sickened a nation, changed the course of a war and stained the reputation of the American military for decades. But the mass murder of civilians was never American policy in Vietnam. War crimes were the exception, not the rule. And the Winter Soldier tribunal itself -- which John Kerry had helped moderate -- turned out to be, in the words of historian Guenter Lewy, "packed with pretenders and liars." Massachusetts elected John Kerry to the U.S. Senate in 1984. Now he is seeking the most powerful job in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted August 22, 2004 #2 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Good post Kellalor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 22, 2004 #3 Share Posted August 22, 2004 ha again kellalor lol lol lol lol lol lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted August 22, 2004 #4 Share Posted August 22, 2004 at anyrate there was his christmas trip to Cambodia to poke full of holes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowdy Posted August 22, 2004 #5 Share Posted August 22, 2004 make a documentry about it... Fahrenheit 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted August 22, 2004 #6 Share Posted August 22, 2004 heh they didn't need a mockumentary back in those days The US media was doing a fine job at making the US lose:) /me looks over at the Tet offensive (for those that don't know, the Tet offensive was a major attack accross South Vietnam in which the the VC/NVA got slaughtered, only to find out the US media was playing it as a major US defeat...for example one battle ended with 500 marines being killed, compared to 10000 VC biting the dust.. /gg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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