No, No, No! This Is Not Right Regardless

How many troops in Iraq are murdering civilians? .01% 2% 10%? I have no idea, but to categorize all of them as blood thirsty animals or heinous criminals is just plain wrong. And I'm shocked Sy Hersh suggests they be greeted as baby killers.

If Americans knew the full extent of U.S. criminal conduct, they would receive returning Iraqi veterans as they did Vietnam veterans, Hersh said.

“In Vietnam, our soldiers came back and they were reviled as baby killers, in shame and humiliation,” he said. “It isn’t happening now, but I will tell you – there has never been an [American] army as violent and murderous as our army has been in Iraq.”

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