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Christ, is that a real image? I think I'm just so horrified at the idea that I'd rather chalk it up to ai/trolling πΆ
itβs real. so are some of the other images. the Us was in vietnam for profit and control, and entered via a lie and stayed longer than βneededβ thanks to people like kissinger. fun fact: the US bombed Laos (with whom we were not at war) with more bombs than all nations in ww2 dropped, combined.
funner fact fact: the US has been a terrorist state since its inception, has only had profit in mind, and has never been free.
Yes it is real and this is just a tip of endless Massacres and war crimes committed by your army in vitenam
What i find interesting is the ability of some you to question and still have doubts about the ugliness and terrorism of the U.S army that you ignore the fact is that this picture is just a normal day activity of the most terrorist country in modern day history.
In an age of unprecedented amounts and quality of propaganda i have no qualms about questioning an image for authenticity. I also have no problem seeing the ugliness or terrorism committed, i just think it's important to vet information more than ever these days. I fully believe they were doing what they did there, and the article was helpful in gaining perspective on the situation on the ground there. Absolutely abhorrent.
Of course you have the right to question anything these days on the internet, my rant was meant for the deniers and doubters.
the first subliminal response of the American mind will be to question this factual war crime because of of the counter propaganda image that was created by the us government & then fed to them from day 0 throughout their lifetime.
This propaganda is spoon fed in video games, tv ads, tv shows, movies, sport event, β¦etc
No, I think most Americans think more along the lines of "Yes, we committed atrocities in Vietnam, but it was an unfortunate consequence of war, which is never pretty." Some McCarthy-aligned Americans would follow that up with "To make an omelette (stop communism) you need to crack some eggs (kill civilians)."
Maybe worth pointing out here that being a communist country doesn't seem to have done Vietnam much harm.
What you said is exactly what dehumanizing means. And that last part is just pure evil since it justifies annihilating humans for propaganda.
McCarthy types generally think that communism is evil, and their utilitarians believe doing Little Evil to fight Big Evil is completely acceptable.
Or just history. No need for the 'modern day' part.
Well done on finding another source.
I have no idea what you're talking about for the rest of your post though. It seems perfectly reasonable to question the validity of a random picture on Twitter.
People are vicious and have been so for as long as weβve been around. Your country does/did the same stuff, or would have if it could.
Human nature is malleable, and depends on the material conditions we find ourselves in. People are not inherently vicious, though we all have the capacity to be.
"This mass-murderer told me that everyone is actually just as bad as him. Why would he lie?"
You people can't be serious
Agreed. Whoever said that in your head is crazy.
No, and if hypothetically your false assumption was correct and my country did something similar then i would distance myself from it
What country?
It's actually rather tame as far as pictures of Statesian war crimes go.
~~I cant seem to find anything about the image other than the twitter post, so I'm doubtful a about it for now~~
Looks like it is real
I know they did atrocious shit to the people there. I havenβt seen this photo before or even anything like it outside of a Hollywood film.