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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Ilaine who wrote (22869)7/5/2006 4:02:25 PM
From: Suma  Read Replies (2) of 541382
 
Atrocities occur in all wars which is one reason that I am so against them.... ahem..

When I worked at Indiantown Military Reservation during the Korean War I got first hand bragging about raping Korean women breaking their backs and throwing down wells. Not just from one soldier either..Numerous.. It was just the thing to do.

Also, cutting off beards of older men..

Anything to humiliate... I was only 21 years old and this experience had a profound effect on me who had been reared to believe and in fact did believe that our men passed out Hershey bars and were loved by the populations they freed.

I also saw notches on belts of the kills of civilians that were made... along with bragging.. Funny at the time I never thought of reporting this. I was overwhelmed with the military and even though my rank was of a second Lt. and I had all the perks of that rank I was stunned by the machinations that went on.... many of which I do not want to relate here.

Suffice to say that regardless of all the objections of those who believe this could not happen or that our troops would not do such a thing I never have believed that..

Otherwise I liked E's article and as Euterpe said, it was a good one to bring the playing field lever.

MY biggest complaint is ignoring that these things do happen... or trying to white wash the incidents. A soldier is being tried in Charlotte right now charged with murder...
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