Why There Cannot Be Peace Between Israel and the Palestinians

The Army Staff appointed to small group of officers to begin compiling the records shortly after Seymour Hersh’s expose on the My Lai massacre in late 1969. “We were following the president’s orders,” explained Jared Schopper, an aide to Gen. William Westmoreland when he served as Army chief of staff.

The White House wanted to know about any other potential scandals in the offing and to keep the Army “off the front page.” So the Army Staff set up a system to collect and monitor war crimes allegations that surfaced at CID, in congressional correspondence, in the media or at public forums. Schopper said they wanted to make sure the Army could say that every allegation was investigated as required under the Geneva Conventions. I asked Schopper what came of the investigations. “Generally no action was taken,” he said.

If we were to apply your reasoning to say the Israel Palestinian problem would you think that it would be moral if say the Palestinians had nuclear power and dropped a couple of nuclear bombs on Israel military targets? 2 nuclear weapons in Israel, What would that be like?

The Palestinians have been occupied and have been losing land, is this not a time of war for them and if they take out, "say the airstrips that the planes take of from Israel which bomb them, would this be immoral on their part?

no, it would not be even remotely moral for the Palestinians to nuke Israel. Keep in mind that the Palestinians are the aggressors in this war. All Israel is doing is defending themselves.

I support prosecuting war crimes committed by US soldiers, so long as war crimes against the US are also prosecuted.

We were truly beasts in Nam.

We lied our way into a war with a small agrarian country that did nothing to us.

http://peterslarson.com/2010/12/15/us-bombings-in-laos-1965-1973/

US Bombings in Laos 1965-1973

During the Vietnam War, the US spread combat operations to neighboring Laos. The US secretly waged widespread bombing runs on nearly every corner of the country, as illustrated by the map on the left. Laos experienced more than 30,000 casualties during the bombings, more than 20,000 people have died since bombing ceased in 1974 due to leftover unexploded munitions, and many more tens of thousands were needlessly displaced. A UN report notes that Laos is, per capita, the most bombed country on the planet, with .84 tons of explosives dropped per person from the years 1965 to 1974.

The true extent of the carnage was not known until Clinton declassified military records for the entire Vietnam War. The US military keeps meticulous records of all combat operations, recording the date, precise location, type and number of aircraft and total pounds of explosives dropped. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s Office of Humanitarian Demining has been working with the Laotian government to assist in the clean up of leftover landmines and unexploded ordnance. It is estimated that it may take up to 3000 years to clean up all unexploded ordnance in Laos alone.

The U.S. Government spent nearly 17 million dollars every single day to bomb Laos. What it has spent to clean it up, is, as of yet, a pittance (2.7 million a year) and the State Department has reduced this amount even further for 2011. Over 280 million bombs were dropped on Laos. It’s estimated that up to 80 million of them never exploded.

It is through a Laotian demining group that I was able to get a hold of this data set.

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Conclusions

The Vietnam War is widely perceived as having been an incredible policy blunder. That the American government was unwilling to cut it’s losses and stop early was not only a sign of incredible American arrogance, but has resulted in decades of ruined economies, loss of life, and a series of disastrous South East Asian governments, not the least of which was the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge. This data set, while historically important, should also serve as a reminder of things to come, as the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq comes to the fore. It’s unfortunate that while the Vietnam war is a part of the daily lives of all Laotians, that it rarely registers on the radar of the average American, and if it does, it’s considered to be a problem exclusive to those who served. While the effects of the war on those who fought in Vietnam cannot be understated, the incredible burden that generations of Laotians will experience cannot be forgotten.

JTT...I just noticed your signature line:

Boy, he sure as Hell did not know you!

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Boy, he sure as Hell did not know you!

But he sure as Hell did know of "humans" like you, Frank.

“The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.” ― Harold Pinter

I doubt it. I talk and discuss the items often...right here on A2K often.

JTT...I just noticed your signature line:

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I doubt it. I talk and discuss the items often...right here on A2K often.

"the items"

Even with these last two posts, you are trying to parados/apisa the situation.

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JTT...I just noticed your signature line:

But you missed all this??! As I said, "observant guy".

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Any time, this time included, that you have "discussed" the evil that the USA has perpetrated upon the poor and innocent of the world, you have attempted to whitewash it, Frank.

But hey, that's how you approach every subject - it's just your fundamentally dishonest approach to everything you discuss.

Not sure what you have been reading

The USA has done many, many deplorable things...just as EVERY leading nation has done deplorable things. It goes with the territory. There are things we have done which are reprehensible...for which there are no adequate excuses. And I have NEVER suggested otherwise.

The U.S. Government spent nearly 17 million dollars every single day to bomb Laos. What it has spent to clean it up, is, as of yet, a pittance (2.7 million a year) and the State Department has reduced this amount even further for 2011. Over 280 million bombs were dropped on Laos. It’s estimated that up to 80 million of them never exploded.
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Consider all the propaganda that went on around the time of [i]The Killing Fields[/i]. All this complete propaganda meant to make the US out to be some heroic country when it was the US government that caused the PolPot/Khmer Rouge genocide that took place in Cambodia.

It was the US government, people YOU voted for, Frank, that was guilty not of "deplorable" things but of crimes against humanity - vicious, cold, calculated crimes against humanity.