Tag: My Lai Massacre

On the anniversaries of My Lai and Iraq, we say “for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.”

On the 45th anniversary of the My Lai Massacre,  you might want to read this, from the Washington Post: Pham Thanh Cong leans forward, his 55-year-old face a patchwork of scars and dents, and explains what’s wrong with My Khe hamlet. Vietnamese families are built around a three-generation structure, Cong says. Parents work the fields while grandparents take care of children. In time, children will become caregivers and grandparents the cared-for. Eventually, the generations will shift and the cycle will repeat. Families have been this way since there were families in Vietnam. But in My Khe, a generation is missing. On the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, you might want to read this, from Dan Savage in 2002: […]