I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.

Mods, feel free to remove if this is not newsy enough.

  • SCB@lemmy.world
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    The military prosecuted and convicted the leader who ordered the killings, so implying the US military condones these actions is really stupid

    Regardless of the wrist-slap the criminal President gave him, he was convicted. There is no legal recourse after a Presidential commutation.

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      My Lai was not an isolated incident.

      Only one involved was convicted as stated, but then completely let off so who cares? The higher ups that enabled it were completely let off. Others who were involved in the cover up completely let off. The whistleblowers, etc were shunned and ostracized by the military for decades.

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        1 year ago

        so who cares

        Being that is invalidates the point you were making, you should care.

        But then, your only interest in contrarianism, so no one really gives a fuck about your opinion either, you sick fucking terrorist apologist.

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      You need to work on your reading comprehension. Every single person who was brought to court for this was acquitted. Moreover the whistleblowers were antagonized. And historians all agree to say that this wasn’t by any means an isolated case, but just the one that cought the media’s attention.