Remembering the My Lai Massacre: Seymour Hersh on Uncovering the Horrors of Mass Murder in Vietnam
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- democracynow.org - In 1970, Seymour Hersh won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on how the U.S. slaughtered more than 500 Vietnamese women, children and old men in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968. The event became known as the My Lai massacre. We speak with Seymour Hersh in New York City.
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Without good journalism, there's no democracy.
Contrast that with how Hersh is treated today... "Conspiracy theorist" , "lost it", "dementia"
@@BalloonInTheBalloon I TOTALLY agree with u....
Which is why censorship is one of the pillars of fascism and a person can't be against fascism and for censorship.
@@stevesmith7839 a great statement..
during ww2 press was totally censored by allies. ike said public opinion wins war.c truth the first casulity by philip knightly.
I remember seeing the photographs of this massacre when I was a student at the University of Puerto Rico and I cried.
One must be a monster to justify these atrocities. But every person determines their own fate after they die.
@@habib-vq9fl,,,, there is nothing shocking to the Caucasian race. They slaughtered all the the Indians and took thier land
Vietnam rather than Israel should be America's main recipient of foreign aid.
Sy is the gold standard in journalism.
In the Vietnam War, many of the soldiers who were there were there against their will, in other words, they had been drafted by the Selective Service System. My brother Richard was one of them. Richard was a likeable guy, full of humor, and he had a beautiful wife and baby daughter, then was wrenched away from his life by the Draft Board to fight in an immoral war. He came back from the war without getting physically wounded, but he had changed completely. He never talked about his experiences in the war, but it’s clear it had to have bothered his conscience what we were doing to the Vietnamese people, because he was no longer the same. He got divorced and I rarely if ever heard him tell a joke after that.
Being a soldier is an ultimate act of bravery and patriotism. If some foreign army were coming to invade our country (I’m 67 years old, so they can’t draft me) I would cheer on whoever was defending us, and maybe even go to Wal-Mart and buy a AR-15 or a bazooka or something. But this mindless glorification of America’s wars of aggression is what I find hard to accept.
The mentality of this mindset is that if you don’t glorify war you are dishonoring the American soldiers who died in the wars. If you criticize the military or question the right or even the need to send our military into sovereign countries and start wars for the most ludicrous of reasons, you are traitor. The Domino Theory was that if Vietnam “fell to Communism” then other countries would follow suit, and at some point, the Communists would take over America and we’d all have to work eighteen hour days in unventilated sweatshops run by the American Communist Party. Pretty scary. So what we had to do to stop those violent Communists was to drop a few million tons of bombs on their country, murder millions of their people, spray Agent Orange all over, plant land mines, massacre civilians, and then bomb Cambodia for a while, to help these poor ignorant people understand that COMMUNISM IS BAD FOR YOU. But those stubborn Vietnamese wouldn’t listen to our impeccable logic and fought back. The nerve of them…we were just trying to help.
So please excuse me if I skip the Memorial Day Parade. No offense to any soldiers who died… they didn’t start the war. It was war profiteers like Lockheed Martin and Boeing and Raytheon and Henry Kissinger and John Foster Dulles.
The World War 2 soldiers were drafted too? What's your point?
No excuse a hate to say these but they got what they deserved when they came back you just don't go killing women and children I'm just saying 😡🇺🇸
If the Russians had done it somewhere films on this horrible war crime would have been repeated a million times. And every year there would be a more dramatic one "Made in Hollywood".
The Russians massacre more polish soldiers who were allies thousands that war
All I say is that I am a woman raised in Communism in Czechoslovakia and was very happy then. All parents worked 8 hr Mon/Fri, one hr paid lunch break. Families' welfare was the government's top priority. All new mothers got 3 years of state funded maternity pay. Free University education for all. No discrimination or different entitlement for different people. We were treated equally. Healthcare, education paid from taxes. We had great social and cultural structures. The system was constantly in the process of bettering itself, but greedy people who felt they wanted to own more than others allowed the system to collapse with the constant interference from the Capitalist West. The West doesn't like Communism or Socialism as there's no money to be made on the working class. All the money in my country was distributed to the population equally. Who cares for Rolls Royce if other citizens in your country live under bridges or in poverty. That was our attitude. The way capitalists think is selfish and all the profits for themselves.
I've just returned from Vietnam. It's horrific what has happened to those people. There are still areas in the country where generations of people are still suffering due to the genetic damage caused by Agent Orange {A product created by Dow and Monsanto}. I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the people in that country.
Drift Wood Don't forget that the same chemical has been repackaged as a herbicide and pesticide (roundup), that's now sprayed on nearly all crops in America. There is direct correlation between the rise of cancer in america and Monsanto's flagship product (roundup). That's why they were dorced to putba warning label about their product have carcinogens.
Drift Wood well, that's why asians look ugly, Mongloid, down syndrome lot due westerners secret us all kinds chemicals so we become disabled ugly stupid to fight back kick them out, hihihih, now same people turn their assholes poke fun, insult asians so stupid ignorant poor n ugly n small, go figure.
Oh, the problems caused by agent Orange are heartbreaking. Generations of people still suffering for something they had no part in.. what can you say? I suppose all you can do is talk about it and make sure it's not forgotten 🤷🏻♀️
@@loretta_3843 That's about it Loretta. What happened happened. It was unfortunate that civilians had to suffer because of it, especially he children. It seems it's always the innocent who suffer the most in war. You would think that all the suffering that war causes would make people not want to wage war anymore but sadly it doesn't.
same happens in afghanistan and iraq. Infact Iraq's cancer rates have doubled. The Town of Fallujah has the most birth defects anywhere in the world.
I love and appreciate this report so much I thank God they're are still good honest reporters out here .just wanna say thank you .and please don't compromise your integrity stay strong
I just heard about this. I watched the segment about the Northwest pipeline, and that took me to this, unbelievable.
Seymour Hersh is an angel, a genuinely lovely person.
Thank you amy for bringing this to light
Nixon the wife-beater revelation in this interview was also enlightening. Sy has been a national treasure for decades.
Remembering the My Lai Massacre without mention of Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, Jr., helicopter pilot, and his door gunners Lawrence Coburn & Glenn Andreotta, is woefully incomplete !
They risked their lives to prevent Calley's soldiers from massacring a group of villagers hiding in a bunker. After becoming aware of the ongoing massacre, Thompson landed his scout helicopter between the soldiers and fleeing villagers who were running to hide in a nearby bunker. Thompson told his gunners to fire on the soldiers if the soldiers opened up on the villagers.
Thompson, though outranked by Calley approached Calley and told him to stand down. Thompson stopped the pursuit of the villagers and then entered the bunker alone and coaxed the villagers out so they could be airlifted to safety, via a friend of Thompson who was nearby in a larger Huey helicopter. Thompson's report of the massacre was ignored by his commanding officer on up to the infamous Collin Powell, who was then a Major and charged with investigating reports of the massacre. Collin Powel's investigation was a total white wash. Thereafter, Powell was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and further promoted to General,. Powell would go on to be Secretary of State under George W. Bush. Powell supported Bush's desire to invade Iraq by telling "lie after lie" to the United Nations, to U.S. Congress, and U.S. citizens about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. After Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, Jr. made his report about the My Lai Massacre, he was sent on overtly dangerous mission after mission and was shot down five consecutive times, the last resulting in a broken back. He was ostracized by the corporate media such that even Jimmy Carter doubted his patriotism. The most graphic reports of the massacre and Thompson's efforts in saving a significant number of Vietnamese villagers were reported by Seattle newspapers close to the time of the massacre.
I have the utmost respect for Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, Jr., Lawrence Coburn and Glenn Andreotta.
These stories are something that should be discussed and debated at all senior schools around the world. Soo hard to watch, hear and see, but it’s so important. 💔😢
Why keep bringing it up? It happened 56 years ago, what happened happened. Yes it was bad but it was long ago. If the Vietnamese and our media want to lay a guilt trip on Americans it’s not going to work. Amercans don’t think about it, it has no relevance in their lives, it was just something that happened decades ago. It was war and bad things happen in war, any war. The North Vietnamese don’t mention the hundreds massacred at Hue by the Viet Cong do they? And the Vietnamese don’t dare bring it up either. “Let’s rag on the Americans, those monsters.” That’s all it is. I feel for the Vietnamese who were there that day but it’s time to let it go.
Says the bootlicker and order follower.
The toddler who died covering her vagina with her little hands is the most blood-curdling part of the photo for me. It will haunt me forever.
British and American people are the worst
Thank you Amy for taking the time to publish this man and his report. I remember I was about 14 or 15 years old and I was out protesting the war in Vietnam. I didn't know much about it, but I lived on an island in Miami Beach Florida and knew many young men who were drafted. They came home missing limbs and were screwed up both mentally and physically. I'm sure they carried those wounds for the rest of their lives. But the tragic part was there was no help for them. Thank you 💛 Amy and team for covering this topic. Much respect for all who suffered from this horrific war!
They're still begging for help on the streets. Meanwhile, some people spit on them and call them lazy. Pure evil.
mcst of rhere veterans on street r phonies.i have a 100s of so called vets approach me on street.any vet can tell,c trading places with eddie murphy to c 2 cops whe were on nam catch a faker.i was a officer was informed of a agent orange flash-back veteran.checked booking catd,was born in 1960.he was 12 years old when war ended.
@Democracy Now!
Damn guys! I wish you were uploading this *after* we had gotten past the crisis on the border! This is important history to make the younger generations aware of -- I just don't think we should distract from what is happening right now.
I'm going to try really hard to remember to share this. Thank you for the interview and for covering his book.
candyliz2003 AFTER the crisis at the border? After for whom? This is too big to end for a very long time. What is going to happen to all of these children? or families? My Lai Massacre was hideous but what is happening today in Middle East is even worse.
There'll be another crisis along as soon as that one is over-- if you wait till there's no crises, you'll be waiting forever.
Alright already! I made a mistake and shouldn't have weighed one against the other or forgotten that we are at the mercy of the greatest crisis manufacturer of all time! Trump and his administration provides enough Jerry Springer material for the next three generations -- so fuck 'em -- they can go get a book and READ about My Lai!
LOL! -- with much frustration!
@@Candyliz2003 This is old. I'm not even American but your ignorance is undeniable.
Seymour Hersh, not a lot of men like him this days...
People hate those that expose the darker happenings to the masses.
@@dragons_hook
Only dumb people hate the truth.
Thank you for helping to get the word out.
Evil
Payhole Everdouche triggered snowbunny
Remember: those criminals with bloody hands walked out free... Pretty much nobody was really punished, including those who killed civilians including children in Iraq, in Afghanistan, anywhere else. They should be hold responsible. Watching the video is really mind-blowing! I hope the US will pay a serious price for the crime it committed. God will eventually justifies all.
I hope people being used as tools will wake up!
Eric Han 👍
Karma never fails to do its job. It is just a matter of time.
Best comment here.
People need to realize that most of these soldiers were following orders and if refused likely would of meant death for them.Sure it’s easy to say you would die before doing these acts but most of them were right out highschool and at the same time these are the people of the enemy they have been watching kill and multilateral their friends. Not that it makes it any more right or acceptable at all but you need an understanding. Some soldiers in an interview about My Lai said that some soldiers did not shoot anyone and another African veteran said that when he first refused to fire, his lieutenant said if he refused again that he himself would be shot. Most soldiers are not just plain evil criminals as most people like to believe.
Horrific,those poor familys.🙏
“I felt like I was ordered to do it...”
Ah yes, the good old Nuremberg defense never gets old.
Dude explode the head of a defenseless kid with an assault rifle,rape 14yo kids,throw granades at civilians then proced to scalp and multilate the bodies and say "Oh i was just following orders,i was trained to it",lol,nazi soldiers were also following orders
War is bad. Bad things happen. It's the nature of the beast. The Viet Cong and NVA committed their atrocities too but of course it's only the Americans who were the bad guys never mind what the VC did right? I know. I was there. The Vietnamese don't like to hear that, gets them all pissed off but they know.
David Garcia. The Americans never should have been there. WTF did you expect the Vietnamese to do ?????
@@davidgarcia4657 the same could be said about sept 11
@@davidgarcia4657 👎
Mr. Hersh - the conscience of the USA
The real hero in this saga is Hugh Thompson who tried to save the victims
Blah blah blah! Imagine if you knew facts. But you like so many others are ignorant or reality and to lazy to learn truth! Sorry but wtf
Yeah, the hero who was called traitor by his army "friends".
Agreed
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The Viet Cong were defending THEIR country from foreign invaders.
Hugh Thompson was NOT on the side of the *Heroes.*
But glad he still had a conscience
Praying for the next Seymour hersh to come out but I don’t think another could exist
Lee Fang is a good hopeful :)
Check out Intercept that Sy founded with Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Cahill; also, Abby Martin, Ben Norton and I always watch Chris Hedges- The Real News has some excellent reporters.
Sandy I didn’t know Sy was part of that but yeah I follow both of those lol they’re excellent
Robert Fisk should also be on that list.
Julienne Assange
He's such a great raconteur, you can tell he's born to write!
I cried for the sakes of these soldiers. No human being has the power to take the life of another for no reason. This was exactly what it was. These were innocent women & children. These shameful soldiers did the killing out of pure joy. In a war we kill our enemies or be killed, but we are still human beings with a conscience. We are not animals. We have parents & siblings, and children. These soldiers who were still alive after the war claimed that they humiliating killed, raped pregnant women, bayonet babies, and threw them into ditches, because they were ordered to do so. This meant that these soldiers had no brain, no conscience. These soldiers did not represent America. This was a shameful slap to America. I’m a US vet. There’s no glorification in killing innocent civilians but pure humiliation. Soldiers should go to war and fight bravely in battles against other soldiers, not cowardly killing the weak and unarmed & innocent women and babies… I just couldn’t believe that these were American soldiers. For the devilish and shameful act that these soldiers did they should have been put on the firing squad at the time. The way that shameful soldiers should die. Shame!shame! shame!
You have no clue! Imagine if you knew why? Then you wouldn’t type silly things. Your the type who does no research and believes everything said. I bet you ran and got the jab! I bet you still believe there was a pandemic and healthy people died. Your the problem! Sorry but I see so many people like you with opinions who are to lazy to learn facts.
What is even worse is that we as human beings have not learned from this tragedy. How many people actually know the My Lai Massacre nowadays? If those criminals were hold responsible for the massacre, there would be no civilians including children killed by those soldiers in Iraq, in Afghanistan. Bbh, I hope the US will pay a serious price for the crime it committed. I really hope more and more people being used as tools will wake up! God will eventually justifies all. Let's hope more peace on this planet!
@@erichan728 I wouldn't say US since it wasn't like it was even orderd. It's not like slavery where some type of national reconing with the horror is ncceery. It's litteraly individuals choices. They have done it. Not the country, not the army even. I mean there was more then one and maybe the army is to blame that it ever could've happend. But like it's those specific peoples fault
@@catsaresocute650 But Bear in mind that the US sent them to those countries on a mission to kill. More importantly, after the massacre happened, it is the US that did not hold those evils accountable. Again " If those criminals were hold responsible for the massacre, there would be no civilians including children killed by those soldiers in Iraq, in Afghanistan. " It would be too naive just to blame it on individuals.
@@erichan728 they wearen't send there to kill civilians, or rape anyone.
If they had just indescrminetly killed I would've assumed they had some type of PTSD reaction and couldn't differnetiate right and it'd be wrong still, but I would actually argue that would be war. What makes it just indefeinsible is that they shoot children that couldn't possibly be fighters and raped.
I mean the wars wear bad but on a differnt reasoning then that was. Like yeah they wear send there to fight a probably unjust war, but also they wear on a mission to fight a war not masscre.
when will American leaders be tried for their war crimes??
U want out corrupt ultra rich career politicians held accountable?......seriously?......although I totally agree with you....hell will freeze over before that happens...
They never will. It's amazing how people call for Putin's head, yet have no qualms about Bush, Biden, Obama, and Cheney still being free. Superpowers tend to exempt themselves from the ICC
@@dragons_hook exactly
@@mikeforte7585 but hey, it's the hypocrisy we live in this day and age. And if you dare call it out as such, you're a Kremlin stooge, a supporter of genocide, etc...
No worries. They will every person, every soul has a tabula rasa!!❤
Four years later, this is still a great story.👍🏽👏🏼🙏👍🏽👏🏼🙏
Thanks Sy!
What is equally sad is the fact that there were many, many more unreported incidents like this, those who did this were the worst humanity has to offer, they brought shame to many of the soldiers that fought with honour, valour and courage. They should all be traced and given dishonourable discharges be they alive or not. The US govt should also compensate all living relatives of the victims...if they can award 300 BLM protesters $21 K each for being detained for a couple of hours by police they should apply that same principle here. No justice in this world, absolutely non. Their commanding officers should be the first ones to receive post humous charges and dishonorably discharges.
What always puzzles me is the officers knew there was combat photographers in the village too and they the (troops) never thought the pictures would get out 🤔
They didn't care. Either so in a type of bloodrush they wear no longer able to think clearly or the mentioned other cases wear known to them and they thoght it was alright with army/other people
That later one would be an actual failior of the army
Racism.
They didn't see the "others" as Human Beings
particulary ROK korean forces were doing this all the rime.part of war.
Hersh is right about many things, but I have to underline his statement regarding honorable men in the service. I served in the army during Vietnam and I was against the war but I was surprised to find a number of men -officers and enlisted men -who had a great amount of integrity and honor. They were not held in high regard by many, but they truly believed they were helping the Vietnamese for good reasons. You must also remember that Calley, a man with a monster's soul, was pardoned by the disgusting murderer, R. Nixon.
I agree with you on this, there were many soldiers in Nazi Germany too, who thought they were helping German people by gassing those Jewish women and children.
A friend of mine in college told me about her family story. She was born in the US and I was shocked she wasn't a citizen. Her people were informants and had been promised citizenship. When they were discovered and attacked the villagers ran for the American camp. The Americans closed the gate, and many of them were shot to pieces, trying to climb the fence. Her parents were lucky to get to safety and received transport to the us..
But they were denied the citizenship they were promised, given a bs special nationhood status instead, generationally persistent non citizenship. She was studying to be a human rights lawyer and needed citizenship to pursue that. It took her years to get through the process. This is how we treat allies. The most significant thing I learned in college.
It's the ci-assholes. They had a tribe the Hmong who they used as murderers and when they evacuated the ci-assholes left them to their enemies. ci-assholes lower'n whale shit.
What about the Secret War in Laos?????? Seem like they are leaving Laos out of this too after they failed and too embarrass to even mentions the U.S CIA secret War inside Laos! SHame on you!
My Lai was a vile crime but it is well-documented that the indiscriminate killing of Vietnamese civilians in South Vietnam by Allied soldiers was not unusual.
Th8s is a really great interview. Seymour Hirsch.
Chilling! “ They don’t want smart boys there, because they will talk. “ 5:48
A very brave humane journalist x
Awful to see the real face of America.
And now the usa has pulled out of the united nation calling them evil,, im australian and im so darn mad at our govt for not standing up for whats right, WE SHOULD DO WHAT THE PHILIPPINES HAS DONE, AND LEAVE AMERICA AS AN ALLIES,
it was more than just 1 village ..it was about 5-6 villages..An Army helicopter pilot and his crew of 2 more guys noticed what was going on from the air and landed and stopped the senseless killing
sounds similar to the Nanking Massacre
Uncomprehensionble., Unexcusable., SHAME 😢: a Cali Cartel massacre these days., Honorably mentioned and bestowed. RIP
a very sad story, most of the time this happens because of bad leadership, the man is correct, the ground commanders allowed the not very bright soldiers to hate. hatred is a compromise to military professionalism and our human moral as well.
It is not a 'sad' story, it in one of the worst war crimes committed by Americans in the past century.
@@henryseidel5469 👍
I guess from the safty of my home amd civilian live that the best would be to have an army that fights because it wants to protect something and not out of hate and that if hate is the motivation factor it works to show that you are the aggressor?
MacNamara lowered the mental and physical standards to feed the machine.
My Lai happens in all modern conflicts, the media chooses which ones we're allowed to see and get angry at.
THE MY LAI MASSACRE, WAY TO GO HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPIONS.
The big lie is that My Lai was a one-off. Read Nick Turse's book, 'Kill Everything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam'. Such massacres were commonplace.
Unbelievable!
History keeps repeating itself.. but now the chickens are coming home to roost.. Sun setting down on Uncle Sam..
You leftists are the new Fascists, Maoists, Stalinists. But of course you don't see...
...same pattern as last century. The suckers believe.
Anonymous I see you're trapped in this left vs right paradigm.
Nope, I'm the least trapped in left/right thinking of anyone you have ever met.
AND my prior statement stands.
No excuse at all. Zero.
I remember the body count of American soldiers on the evening news ever night , I was a kid . crazy stuff !
Yeah. They didn't bother to count the millions of Vietnamese deaths on the evening news back then.
Homer Briseno It was not enouth
TT O'Keefe their leaders was to kill Vietnamese people, civilians too to invade Vietnam land, so why they count for, only make America leaders look bad, not all Americans as we see this exceptional real American.
trinhcuong 1964 have you been drinking?or know little of the English language?
tt okeefe or now
A view into the heart of man
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Saymour Hersh gives the impression of being almost entertained - like telling just another comedy story from Broadway, bursting with laughter and chuckling thru entire conversation. No wonder. He scored - didn't he?
People cope with trauma/tragedy in different ways. Do you really expect someone to be just as torn up about it 50 years later? Time heals wounds, although not completely.
Jerzy-SilverSetFilms I felt the same, this is the sad world we live in 😥
@@missrubex - He could be a jolly man ok but he's talking about stuff that even animals don't do. This is not some drunken bar story so please put on some PTSD face and at least pretend that his life was affected by this horror. Good I wasn't alone to react to that. Thank you.
Talkin about a story for the 60s that everybody should know?… n nobody’s knows…. I would light up too
This was unspeakable evil. This country reacted with horror toward these baby killers. The subsequent cover up and rewrite was absolutely criminal. Has the US ever apologized to the people of Vietnam for these atrocities?
This is what the united states did in VIETNAM.
I’ve heard this story many times but it never ceases the shock and disgust me. Shame on the US military for what they did. Completely unforgivable.
Instead of fighting, it would be nice if we had more ethical scientists out there to take care of the Earth. A brigade of them.
Wouldn't that be nice? Instead of fighting, use that brain power to actually improve lives..
@@habib-vq9fl The US govt does have a brigade of people (not scientists thought) that they send out into the world to improve lives. It’s called the peace corps. It has a budget of $528 million a year. The military budget is $842 billion a year.
happens in every war.
People are capable of anything if they are made to hate
The picture is disturbing 😢 evil government
Hard to follow this interview without getting emotional
Countdown till they cover Hersh's article about the bombing of Nordstream.
This legend should be in the US currency
A former US Vietnam War soldier once told me, “We were scared we didn’t know who we could trust. Men, women and children were fighting us, the Viet Cong were no longer wearing uniforms so we wasted everything”.
Thank you Sir, there are some very evil people but there are also great people in this world. Pray to God that the Good in us win.
Long Live Seymour
“It is one of them things ...😮😮😮 6:36
Profit for "creepy billionaires".
Ended up being about him
Lt Calley received a sentence of two years house-arrest.
According to Nuremberg Laws he would have been hanged.
Do you know why? Do you have a clue? Quiz.. What was the pink zone in Vietnam? If you can’t answer then you shouldn’t speak. All the tools in the world at your finger tips but your to lazy to learn facts.
Our ultra rich elite career politicians who started the war and made money off of it got continually reelected and retired to collect lavish pensions...that's where the real blame lies...the only thing new in the world is the history u haven't read yet....our politicians are accountable to no one...
And that coward/war criminal is still alive.
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They weren't kids. They were grown ups. Personal responsibility starts at 18.
Well before 1971 the age of Majority was 21 18 didnt become the age of Majority until the voting age got lowered
People do not know the life of a Soldier...
Meaning what?
Different times we definitely live in.
Americans in 1969 it was wrong to massacre children but in 2022 no big deal to massacre children from their mother's womb in abortion.
Not as bad as what happened after the US invaded the Philippines after Emilio Aguinaldo.
What we spect ? if they do things like the stuff to Vanessa Guillen and she was one of them ! Nasty , pretty nasty make me 🤢🤢
This guy is very careful not to place any of the blame on the US government
Sadly Seymour’s impossible to follow for younger generations who dont remember this first hand. Theres no linear cohesiveness, no through line to his interview....very frustrating. Hes all over the place. We need ppl who teach this to younger kids. Who cares who published it? We need a linear recollection of events!
Should Russians charged with war crimes in Ukraine face the same justice as the Americans were?
Killing is killing.
Doing what you know will cause others pain, trauma, horror, loss of life.
Taking what could have been and replacing it with what should never be.
Doing what can never be undone.
Every military in the world is a criminal organization.
They're formed and exist to support other criminals.
We teach children to share their candy.
Because we're all in this together.
Then we teach them how to kill and make it a requirement.
Because we're all in this together.
The only difference between a murderer and a soldier is who decides who dies.
Parades, electric chairs, photo ops, pulitzer prizes.
There's no safety in what we allow to keep us safe.
"Because Napalm sticks to kids!"
Sgt. Mashburn, USMC
It’s terrible but do you think if we were invaded someday that’s NOT going to happen to happen? It’s War
Howard Zinn???
I was in freshman year of High School
This is probably why Powell didn't run for president. Did not want this issue coming up. I lost respect for Powell after the iraq invasion and thanks 4 sharing this issue.
poor souls , no mercy for them. Those killers will have to answer to God.
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The student protests were not about the violence the US Army did in the war. The protests only began when the draft came into effect and were because the students were fighting for people their own age who were being sent to war that didn't want to go. So all this guys reporting did was fuel the hate towards the Americans who were fighting and dying for their country in Vietnam. Yes it was a stupid war but this guys obnoxious reporting by giving out the gory details just made a bad situation worse and made the soldiers lives miserable after they returned home.
Please can translate your vidéos in french ...👍✌🙏⚘( from morocco)
A lot of accuses for some of the worst of humanity
Do you remember agent orange 🤔
It wasn't the only massacre .De Oppresso Liber ?😮
One day the evil empire has to pay for this unspeakable crime.
What fucking mental conditions are supposed to make rape understable? Murder I would somewhat get as in they wear so blind or fearfull they didn't realize those wear not there enemy. But there is litteraly no condition you could possibly be in wear rape becomes an acceptable action. No matter how much you think those are my enemy. Because there's no enemy that could possibly ever be okay to rape. Like no situation would ever require that or make it okay
Oh, it's just a pastime for American soldiers.
Read M. Scott Peck book PEOPLE OF THE LIE for his analysis on this.
America has always had a shady past... sometimes it comes to light, and I'm amazed when people are "surprised." Maybe it depends on your position to some of the atrocities and it's hard or easy to believe it's true. Nevertheless, the stories are true😬
Stop making excuses
My Lai is only one of the numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the evil US regime. Today the US regime is still stirring chaos and conflicts and wars in different parts of the war. Ukraine, anyone?
Isreal governments doing same to palastines people today
Appalling behaviour! Only discovered this story through reading psychology. How can people commit these disgusting atrocities through joining in with the group and following orders? We all feel pain and the saddest thing is all of those innocent people, including children who were almost used as entertainment for the American troops. Not heroes, murderous cowards. How easy it is for ordinary people to kill when following orders, especially if they are in uniform. Never conform so much that you lose yourself and your identity, hurting others.
Check into the Milgram experiment to see how right you are.
Great for Sy and shoulder patting.
But how about the real news ?, My Lai is just one of the hundreds of murders UAss is doing till this day. Ya ok they may not do it wearing the uniform but with drones, missiles etc UAss is using mercenaries, cannon fodders, local rebels etc. And let's not forget the Canadians and Australian and Nato
Things happen in wars.
There was no excuse whatsoever for massacring unarmed women and children. None.
Oriental Human Beings...Wow
Sone Xaysana WHAT? Did you watch the video? Are you this dumb? The Americans called them Oriental Human Beings in order to lessen their humanity. Understand the point before you open your mouth.
Sone Xaysana also Asian Human being is just as bad. You seem to be agreeing with the report by the American military into the Mi Lai Massacre. Why would you add an adjective before someone's humanity?
That is why people are spitting on Vietnam veterans
Are you speaking legit or lie ?
@@grandcanyon-fu9zt come to Chicago and see it by yourself
@@ramiznorthland7179 and the government there says nothing?
@@grandcanyon-fu9zt that is a freedom of speech.
@@ramiznorthland7179 US soldiers are the modern SS