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Friday, March 16, 2012

War: The Larger Atrocity

War: The Larger Atrocity

I went to turn her over and there was a little baby with her that I had also killed.  The baby’s face was half gone.  My mind just went.  The training came to me and I just started killing.  Old men, women, children, water buffaloes, everything.  We were told to leave nothing standing.  We did what we were told, regardless of whether they were civilians.  They was the enemy. Period.  Kill.
— Soldier testifying to his part in the My Lai massacre, Vietnam, 16 March, 1968

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