Colin Powell und My Lai*:
"We went to Vietnam. All in the interest of preserving the rights of
people.
I'm very proud of my country, I'm proud of what we have achieved, and
I'm proud of what we have helped so many people around the world
achieve. And it's a story we've got to do a better job of selling to
the rest of the world."
( http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2002/8038.htm )
Powell beantwortete 1968 als zuständiger G-3 Offizier einen Brief des
Soldaten Tom Glen:
"Fired with an emotionalism that belies unconscionable hatred, and
armed with a vocabulary consisting of 'You VC,' soldiers commonly
'interrogate' by means of torture that has been presented as the
particular habit of the enemy. Severe beatings and torture at knife
point are usual means of questioning captives or of convincing a
suspect that he is, indeed, a Viet Cong...
"It would indeed be terrible to find it necessary to believe that an
American soldier that harbors such racial intolerance and disregard
for justice and human feeling is a prototype of all American national
character; yet the frequency of such soldiers lends credulity to such
beliefs. ... What has been outlined here I have seen not only in my
own unit, but also in others we have worked with, and I fear it is
universal. If this is indeed the case, it is a problem which cannot
be overlooked, but can through a more firm implementation of the
codes of MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) and the Geneva
Conventions, perhaps be eradicated."
Mit einem Text, der wie folgt endet:
"is the fact that relations between Americal soldiers and the
Vietnamese people are excellent."
( http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/colin3.html )
Man darf annehmen, daß eine Riegierung, deren Mitglieder von
"Glücksgefühlen" berichten, die sie genießen, wenn sie an My-Lai oder
Hiroshima denken, sich nicht nehmen lassen, möglichst direkt an
Folter und Mord beteiligt zu sein.
"We were willing to do it, glad to do it."
( http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2002/8038.htm )
"We went to Vietnam. All in the interest of preserving the rights of
people.
I'm very proud of my country, I'm proud of what we have achieved, and
I'm proud of what we have helped so many people around the world
achieve. And it's a story we've got to do a better job of selling to
the rest of the world."
( http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2002/8038.htm )
Powell beantwortete 1968 als zuständiger G-3 Offizier einen Brief des
Soldaten Tom Glen:
"Fired with an emotionalism that belies unconscionable hatred, and
armed with a vocabulary consisting of 'You VC,' soldiers commonly
'interrogate' by means of torture that has been presented as the
particular habit of the enemy. Severe beatings and torture at knife
point are usual means of questioning captives or of convincing a
suspect that he is, indeed, a Viet Cong...
"It would indeed be terrible to find it necessary to believe that an
American soldier that harbors such racial intolerance and disregard
for justice and human feeling is a prototype of all American national
character; yet the frequency of such soldiers lends credulity to such
beliefs. ... What has been outlined here I have seen not only in my
own unit, but also in others we have worked with, and I fear it is
universal. If this is indeed the case, it is a problem which cannot
be overlooked, but can through a more firm implementation of the
codes of MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) and the Geneva
Conventions, perhaps be eradicated."
Mit einem Text, der wie folgt endet:
"is the fact that relations between Americal soldiers and the
Vietnamese people are excellent."
( http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/colin3.html )
Man darf annehmen, daß eine Riegierung, deren Mitglieder von
"Glücksgefühlen" berichten, die sie genießen, wenn sie an My-Lai oder
Hiroshima denken, sich nicht nehmen lassen, möglichst direkt an
Folter und Mord beteiligt zu sein.
"We were willing to do it, glad to do it."
( http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2002/8038.htm )