'Just Thought Truly We Would Never Be That Stupid': Texas GOP Rep Louie Gohmert Flays Biden On Afghanistan, Compares Leaving Allies Behind To Vietnam

[basquebromance]

Isn't it just amazing that Biden has done nothing wrong since taking office. He blames Trump for everything. Trump had 1.2% inflation so 8.3% must be Trump's fault. Biden killed 13 troops and maimed dozens in Afghanistan but that's Trump's fault. I never knew Biden was so perfect

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Wow, a race to the bottom of the stupid barrel. And Gohmert takes the lead from Boebert!

 

[basquebromance]

On January 21, 1971, Vietnam vet Charles McDuff wrote a letter to President Nixon to voice disgust with the war. McDuff had witnessed multiple cases of Vietnamese civilians being abused and killed by American soldiers and their "allies, and he had found the U.S. military justice system to be woefully ineffective in punishing wrongdoers. “Maybe your advisors have not clued you in,” he told the president, “but the atrocities that were committed in Mylai are eclipsed by similar American actions throughout the country.” His three-page handwritten missive concluded with an impassioned plea to Nixon to end American participation in the war." The US Army's director of military personnel policies wrote back to McDuff to tell him that they hoped he had reported anything untoward to the proper authorities, and also to make the claim that “The United States Army has never condoned wanton killing or disregard for human life.” This is America's official history about itself, with documented massacres like My Lai being seen as exceptions.

Kill Anything That Moves

Based on classified documents and first-person interviews, a startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians

americanempireproject.com

 

[basquebromance]

Reagan tried to rebrand Vietnam as a noble cause, people forget that