https://declassifiedaus.org/2025/05/05/accountability-and-war-reporting/

#Journalism #militaryindustrialcomplex
#MyLai #Vietnam #WarReporting

#usa #vietnam : #krieg / #usmilitär / #massaker / #mylai / #zivilekriegsopfer / #justiz / #verurteilung / #audio

„Am 31. März 1971 wird William Calley, Leutnant in der US-Armee zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Dies für die Ermordung ovn Zivilpersonen im Vietnamkrieg, beim berüchtigen Massaker von My Lai. William Calley blieb aber der einzige, der je dafür verurteilt wurde.”

https://www.srf.ch/audio/tageschronik/heute-vor-54-jahren-einziges-urteil-wegen-massaker-in-my-lai?id=AUDI20250331_NR_0038

The only pig who got convicted for My Lai massacre have died.

All the other monsters were let go unpunished and it's surprising that this monster didn't receive the presidential pardon like the 3 war criminals Trump pardoned and US media confidently called "accused" instead of convicted:

Trump issues pardons for 3 service members accused of war crimes

But let's not forget the only atrocity of American troops in Vietnam that received enough attention to force pentagon to sacrifice one of their own to save face and cover all the other 100s if not 1000s of other war crimes committed by the American invaders in Vietnam.

My Lai: 50 years after, American soldiers’ shocking crimes must be remembered

“The first time the Americans came, the children followed them. They gave the children sweets to eat. Then they smiled and left. We don’t know their language – they smiled and said OK and so we learned the word OK.”

“The second time they came, we poured them water to drink. They didn’t say anything.”

“The third time they killed everyone.”

theconversation.com/my-lai-50-…

"Calley, leidinggevende van het peloton, verdedigde zich begin jaren 70 voor de krijgsraad door te zeggen dat hij slechts bevelen opvolgde. Hij kreeg levenslang voor de moord op 22 mensen, maar president Nixon gaf na drie dagen opdracht om hem vrij te laten. Uiteindelijk had hij drie jaar huisarrest. Tegen 25 andere militairen werd ook een aanklacht ingediend, maar geen van hen werd veroordeeld."

#MyLai #Vietnam #WarCrimes #Nixon #NeverForget https://nos.nl/artikel/2530856-vietnamveteraan-die-bloedbad-van-my-lai-leidde-overleden

Gifted article, no paywall [The Washington Post]: William Calley, Army officer and face of My Lai Massacre, is dead at 80
He was the only person convicted in connection with the atrocity, in which American troops killed hundreds of unarmed South Vietnamese men, women and children.

https://wapo.st/3YpZ790

ancora una volta,non mi impressionano le tante offese che ho ricevuto per aver scritto che vorrei tante foto dei cadaveri in mare e sulla spiaggia di #Cutro. Pubblicate con il rispetto che si deve a ogni essere umano (coprendo i volti, ecc)sarebbero una testimonianza come #MyLai

Nuovi geni in arrivo: ho nominato massacro #MyLai perché è entrato nella leggenda del giornalismo grazie all'inchiesta straordinaria di un giovanissimo #SeymourHersh che la scoprì da freelance senza mezzi. Mi dicono: e Bucha? Ma che problemi ha questa gente?

1. NON ho intenzione di buttare mio tempo. Pubblicare immagini crude( come immagino siano quelle di #Cutro se le avessimo),avendo rispetto di coprire i volti delle vittime,è fare un servizio alla verità.
Come a #MyLai.Come con #Cucchi.Come bambina bruciata dal Napalm

Ci sono foto entrate nella coscienza collettiva,come #MyLai, #Vietnam.
Avete le foto di #Cutro con tutti i cadaveri in acqua/spiaggia? L'opinione pubblica ha il diritto di vedere e provare a invertire la rotta di una società che veleggia verso il nazismo:

https://images.theconversation.com/files/210806/original/file-20180316-104673-1gemzda.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=496&fit=clip