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malaise

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11. Was?

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 30, 2024, 03:04 PM

Jul 2024

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William Calley, face of My Lai massacre, dead at 80 [View all] Wicked Blue Jul 2024 OP

War Criminal dweller Jul 2024 #1

THIS malaise Jul 2024 #10

Amen! liberalhistorian Jul 2024 #30

He was out in the bush and obviously did not have the respect of the troops under him. kentuck Jul 2024 #31

He didn't just lead the platoon, he ordered the massacre. Voltaire2 Jul 2024 #2

Between 347 and 504 civilians were killed Wicked Blue Jul 2024 #9

Largest That we know of Voltaire2 Jul 2024 #13

Forgot that many. It was horiffic then, and now. electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #23

Was? malaise Jul 2024 #11

Old National Lampoon rhyme on a more serious note: GreenWave Jul 2024 #3

Fucking evil POS. Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #4

Colin Powell's first big showing of being a loyal career manager underpants Jul 2024 #5

Yee-ep. Kid Berwyn Jul 2024 #7

#2 was signing off on weapons shipments to Iraq. underpants Jul 2024 #12

He was just doing what Poppy would have ordered. Kid Berwyn Jul 2024 #17

Quite a read. underpants Jul 2024 #19

Big Oil means Petrodollars Kid Berwyn Jul 2024 #24

And Colon made his whole career UTUSN Jul 2024 #25

I actually had an old lady telling me he was innocent not ten years ago. Once bullshit is fed to some people nothing brewens Jul 2024 #6

They still think there are secret pow camps Voltaire2 Jul 2024 #14

Good. N/T pdxflyboy Jul 2024 #8

Must've lived in pretty obscure obscurity. Frasier Balzov Jul 2024 #15

Casualties of War struggle4progress Jul 2024 #16

Such hideious, heinious behavior. electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #22

Calley was the face of an Army that was scraping the bottom of the manpower barrel Aristus Jul 2024 #18

I sort of knew about the concept of illegal orders. Later on it was -hightlighted fictionaly- in a portion of episodes.. electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #21

On campus protests drained the potential officer pool underpants Jul 2024 #28

The good die young. n/t valleyrogue Jul 2024 #20

He's Definitely Not Going to Be Buried With Honors MrWowWow Jul 2024 #26

Yes he was guilty of mass murder Old Crank Jul 2024 #27

I was in Vietnam when this happened. kentuck Jul 2024 #29

Hugh Thompson, the hero who stopped the slaughter Doc Sportello Jul 2024 #32

More on Thompson Wicked Blue Jul 2024 #33