On 10/22/2004 10:50 AM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Scott Reynolds wrote:
> 
>>Are you seriously saying that your parents expressed no anger of dismay
>>about My Lai?
> 
> In front of me? That's right. I have no idea what my parents thought of My Lai or any other
> aspect of the Vietnam War. Or even of living as children during the WWII period. That my
> grandfather from Japan considered life in Hawaii viewed with suspicion from military
> authorities as the worst period of his life, is about the limit of what I am told.

Then you were just speculating when you wrote about your parents'
attitudes toward the Vietnam War.

>>And many do. You would not use the contemptible attitudes and foolish
>>statements of a few callous individuals to condemn an entire nation,
>>would you?
> 
> "A few callous individuals" are not adequately outraged by Abu Ghraib or other such abuses
> in even just Iraq?
> 
> Is that what you think there is? It is quite plain to media observers in Japan the
> difference between what international audiences were able to see, and what Americans
> (including soldiers) were fed during the active combat period in Iraq.

You are changing the subject. We were talking about responses to Abu
Ghraib *after* it was widely reported in the media.

>>>And what of what we do not know, or are not allowed to know, then or now, such as the
>>>other atrocities in the region around even just My Lai, or in the rest of the country?
>>
>>What are we not allowed to know?
> 
> 
> That's right.
> 
> 
>>There is quite a lot of information out there, if you are inclined to look.
> 
> 
> There's a lot about such as Abu Ghraib.
> 
> Can we get it all? Regarding Abu Ghraib, we are fortunate some were fool enough to send
> photos to people at home. One can still hear fresh claims from detainees in Iraq, such as
> the woman freed recently, about what happened to them, or at least what they saw. But how
> many people are being investigated or court martialed, and how high will it go?

Stay tuned. We'll see.

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