This Day In History: Seymour Hersh Breaks Story Of My Lai Massacre

[Hissyspit]

http://www.factfile.com/2007/this-day-in-history/seymour-hersh-breaks-story-of-my-lai-massacre/

Seymour Hersh Breaks Story of My Lai Massacre

In 1968, hundreds of civilians from the Vietnamese village of My Lai were massacred by US troops who were searching for Viet Cong fighters. Unable to locate any insurgents in My Lai, the soldiers became enraged and opened fire on the villagers, only stopping when a US helicopter pilot threatened to fire on the platoon. Nearly 2 years later, an investigative journalist broke the story, prompting widespread condemnation of the Vietnam War. How many of the soldiers were convicted for their crimes?


http://friendstacy.blogspot.com/2007/11/on-this-date-in-history.html

on this date in history

November 12, 1969

Seymour Hersh, an independent investigative journalist, in a cable filed through Dispatch News Service and picked up by more than 30 newspapers, revealed the extent of the U.S. Army's charges against 1st Lt. William L. Calley at My Lai, a Vietnamese village.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Hey, don't blame me. I wasn't there." - Commander AWOL

"I was right here, safe and sound stateside, skipping out and deserting my responsibilities with the National Guard so I could snort cocaine. So blame some other fear-filled republicon-homelander type for this outrage."

- Commander AWOL

[KG]

2. Colin Powell was assigned cover-up duty,

in spite of that i still read on DU references to his 'integrity' that he sposedly had till he hooked up with bushco.

[RainDog]

3. THANK YOU, SEYMOUR HERSH!

...for your years of reporting --for your integrity and your humanity.

You have made a great contribution to your time in history by the work that you have done. And he's still at it. And hope he will be for a long, long, long time.

[daa]

4. Calley should have worked for Blackwater nt