Wednesday, April 08, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ARTICLE SHOWS CHANGE IN AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS WAR CRIMES BY ITS SOLDIERS OVER 50 YEARS

John Chuckman

COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JOE LAURIA IN CONSORTIUM NEWS


‘Collateral Murder’[Chelsea Manning/WikiLeaks horrific Iraq helicopter video] and the My Lai [Vietnam] Massacre

Comparing the reaction to the evidence of two war crimes reveals how much the United States has changed in the past 50 years

https://consortiumnews.com/2020/04/05/collateral-murder-and-the-my-lai-massacre/


Well, fifty years of practice in killing and lying has honed the country’s skills.

That is what America is really good at doing now.

And it has become so ordinary that barely anyone raises an objection.

Apart from all your warfare and threats, America, just look at what you are doing now to sick people and children in Yemen and Iran and Venezuela. They can’t even buy medicines and medical supplies in the midst of a pandemic.

You do this right out in the open, with no shame, and displaying almost a sense of demonic pride in the White House.