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In reply to the discussion: Purposely aiming bombs at children: "It kind of opens our aperture." [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)27. I recall that photo was taken during the dying months of the Vietnam War.
Won the Pulitzer Prize in, what was it, 1974? Also remember reading somewhere the little girl died of the napalm burns. What a waste. We haven't really learned anything about becoming human in my lifetime.
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Purposely aiming bombs at children: "It kind of opens our aperture." [View all]
woo me with science
Dec 2012
OP
WTF. I hope he can live with this on his conscience because I would have to kill
roguevalley
Dec 2012
#35
It is beyond words. And the ease with what they admit compared to ten years ago when
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#7
Holy fuck I hate to hear things like this. I hate that these things are happening.
Whovian
Dec 2012
#9
And yet if you say anything slightly critical of the U.S. military, even here on DU,
Arugula Latte
Dec 2012
#13
I am guessing that the big corporations in Japan conspired to have the bombs dropped on civilians nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#40
I don't live in their reality and I never will because I refuse to participate in this slaughter
Downtown Hound
Dec 2012
#25
No, let's criticize everybody involved in murdering children. I repeat: MURDERING CHILDREN.
LeftyMom
Dec 2012
#34
And those same troops often come back home to be police officers dealing with OUR loved ones.
DaniDubois
Dec 2012
#30
Afghani average age is 18 years old. Child soldiers are a fact of life in EVERY war.
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#36
Yes, the silence from the 'left' has been deafening. I also wonder what happened
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#48