The Good Guys: My Lai Massacre, Vietnam
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The M GR R
The mere gok rule, or m g r, held that all venmies were little more than animals who could be killed or abused at will. It allowed officers sitting in judgment at courts martial let off murderers with little or no punishment. And it paved the way for commanders to wilfully ignore rampant abuses by their troops while racking up kills to win favor at the pentagon. American g is would often count dead civilians as via kong. A common phrase was, if it's dead and nemis, it's v c.
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