I recall seeing this photo in either Newsweek or Time Magazine the very week it was printed and distributed and mailed to my home. I was truly horrified and dreaded the draft coming up 5 years ahead for myself. I secretly became a John Lennon fan and began praying for peace every time I went to church, which was four times a week in those years. The war was over by the time I was 14 and my life reverted back to a peaceful and joyful one. It sure was difficult to accept I lived in a country where life was so disposable, but shortly afterwards my prayers were answered and the military draft was replaced with an all volunteer selective service system. I followed this story through the years and once saw **** on a TV interview 10-15 years ago. It helped me heal more than anything else to see she was successful and had access to joy and happiness.
How quietly people hurt from unredeemed guilt, that they lose their memory piecemeal. Are you folks too young to remember My Lai? Or are the facts of that tragedy too harsh on your patriotic love?
amerilatino-sorry, I thought we were discussing the photo above. If we're going to go into atrocities, let us discuss the atrocities of all nations past, including lots of things that happened and are happening in South America, amerilatino.
dear trillion..."we"? The Vietnamese Air Force flew that mission. If you research it, you will learn that no Americans had anything to do with this particular incident.
It doesn't matter who caused this particular incident. This was only one of many. If we blame anyone it is the people who send us into situations where we are forced to kill people. Trapped in a world of kill or be killed. All those men who sit behind antique mahogany desks smiling over the ends of the war rather than the means it took. Hundreds and thousands of men and women die for a group of men who would never put their own sons and daughters to fight. We haven't gained freedom from vietnam, gulf war or the war on terrorist. We lost freedom.
But of course, what can you expect? Americans are brought up with guns, which changes their way of thinking. They think the gun solves all their problems.
And then there are men trained in the military. Their self-esteem takes a major nosedive. They are physically and mentally abused in training, and then a gun is stuck in their hands and they are told to go KILL. When they get home, in their mind, that gun is all that's making them a man.
Americans seem to live and breathe their guns.
I read something awhile back that said the military was going to change their ways in which they train men. Less physical and mental abuse. Here's hoping they do.
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Sounds like what the U.S. has become.
But of course, what can you expect? Americans are brought up with guns, which changes their way of thinking. They think the gun solves all their problems.
And then there are men trained in the military. Their self-esteem takes a major nosedive. They are physically and mentally abused in training, and then a gun is stuck in their hands and they are told to go KILL. When they get home, in their mind, that gun is all that's making them a man.
Americans seem to live and breathe their guns.
I read something awhile back that said the military was going to change their ways in which they train men. Less physical and mental abuse. Here's hoping they do.