Re: Politicians block comic over 'fake' Nanjing Massacre tale
Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>> > Here Mike, is one account of the reaction (or should I say, lack of reaction) to "HOW
>> > the My Lai Massacre was stopped" (emphasis yours), your actual question:
>>
>> > http://tinyurl.com/65al8
>>
>> > "For years, the U.S. military tried to cover up the My Lai massacre. And Hugh Thompson
>>
>> Let's see, first of all, the article you cite calls him "An American
>> Hero", yes?
> Yes, a 2004 article.
Which hardly supports your statements that people a) are calling him a
traitor and b) have forgotten the incident.
>> And then there's the fact that the PUBLIC investigation and trial began
>> in 1969, and the incident occurred in 1968. Where's the "years"?
> The recognition that they were heroes was in 2003, after "years" of being considered
The "years" refers the coverup. Indeed, YOU wrote that ABOVE.
Are you even reading your own sources?
>> You know, it's OK to use your head on occassion.
> You could also read the entire article,
You mean the part where it says
"For years, the U.S. military tried to cover up the My Lai massacre"???
I did; did you?
Mike
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