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by pudzey101 on September 11th, 2006

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Why did American soldiers kill innocent people at My Lai in 1968?

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  • by tjatherton on September 11th, 2006

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    Thank you Glen... yes it should read..
    (OUR SOLDIERS) Soldiers never intentionally kill innocent people, but war is hell.. that was too bad they were killed..

    When we were bombing Sadam Hussein, we always gave them 6 hours notice where we were going to bomb... then Hussein sent all the women and children to that location so that we would look bad... hmmm Hussein was the one killing the women and children..!! NOT US!!

    How about all the innocent people that were killed in the World Trade Center? Why aren't you appolled at that too??

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  • by Dr.Tso on November 26th, 2006

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    Because the US soldiers stop to believe in the idea of innocent citizens. Since the Vietnamese were usingthe Guerilla warfare, they can disappear in the dense jungle after they attacked the US soldiers. They wear no noticeable uniform. Thus it is very hard for the US soldiers to identify where their enemies were.
    Same principle, in My Lai, the US soldiers just shoot whoever they see. They feared that some of the disguised Viet Cong might stab them in the back

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  • by enocht on September 11th, 2006

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    WAR IS HELL! Many atrocites happen during a time of war and this was an example of that. Lt. William Calley was convicted of giving the orders to kill these people but may have been just a "scapegoat". We probably will never know the whole truth of why it happened.

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  • by debahm on November 21st, 2010

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    911 is recent, we are not talking about 911. why do u bring up 911 (recent) when we are talking about the past? is it because that all u have to make yourself feel a little better, what if the 911 attacks were planned by your own government would u fell as stupid as u really are. al qaida is made up by americans its been done before, do ur research, bomb yourself so u can occupy.

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