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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: Karin who wrote (25210)	9/23/2004 10:50:00 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) of 173976

We really DON'T KNOW the extent of American atrocities in Vietnam. America got sick of that war and really didn't want to hear any more about it. This series of articles won a Pulitzer. It's not even about Me Lai. toledoblade.com "That same month, Ybarra shot and killed a 15-year-old boy near the village of Duc Pho, reports state. He later told soldiers he shot the youth because he wanted the teenager's tennis shoes. The shoes didn't fit, but Ybarra ended up carrying out what became a ritual among platoon members: He cut off the teenager's ears and placed them in a ration bag, Specialist Carpenter told investigators. During the Army's investigation of Tiger Force, 27 soldiers said the severing of ears from dead Vietnamese became an accepted practice. One reason: to scare the Vietnamese. Platoon members strung the ears on shoe laces to wear around their necks, reports state. Former platoon medic Larry Cottingham told investigators: "There was a period when just about everyone had a necklace of ears." "Women and children were intentionally blown up in underground bunkers. Elderly farmers were shot as they toiled in the fields. Prisoners were tortured and executed - their ears and scalps severed for souvenirs. One soldier kicked out the teeth of executed civilians for their gold fillings." "If you wanted to pull the trigger, you pulled the trigger. If you wanted to burn a village down, you burned it down. You do whatever you wanted to do. Who's going to say anything to you?" >> This stuff sounds JUST LIKE the tales John Kerry relayed to the Senate, doesn't it?

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