"I asked 'Butch' several times if all the people were killed.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

"I asked 'Butch' several times if all the people were killed. He said that he thought they were men, women and children. He recalled seeing a small boy, about three or four years old, standing by the trail with a gunshot wound in one arm. The boy was clutching his wounded arm with his other hand, while blood trickled between his fingers. He was staring around himself in shock and disbelief at what he saw. 'He just stood there with big eyes staring around like he didn't understand; he didn't believe what was happening. Then the captain's RTO (radio operator) put a burst of 16 (M-16 rifle) fire into him.' It was so bad, Gruver said, that one of the men in his squad shot himself in the foot in order to be medivaced out of the area so that he would not have to participate in the slaughter. Although he had not seen it, Gruver had been told by people he considered trustworthy that one of the company's officers, 2nd Lieutenant Kally (this spelling may be incorrect) had rounded up several groups of villagers (each group consisting of a minimum of 20 persons of both sexes and all ages). According to the story, Kally then machine-gunned each group. Gruver estimated that the population of the village had been 300 to 400 people and that very few, if any, escaped. (...)

My Lai. Remind you of anything?

http://www.rotten.com/library/history/war-crimes/my-lai-massacre/

[lastknowngood]

1. Don't forget Colan Powell was the officer heading up the coverup

for My Lai.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. I wish I could forget.

[TomInTib]

2. Reminds me of a lot of stuff.

'69-72. Quang Tri, Qua Viet.

My Lai was one of many.

[mike_c]

3. pigs never change-- they're always pigs....

That's why the ICC exists, and why the U.S. military fears it so much. These pigs belong in the dock at the Hague where, along with their commander-in-chief, they can face life in prison for crimes against humanity.