pakialamero ang u.s. of a
yes!
Mabasa sa military history nga kining nasora dili lang pakialamero, abusado pa jud...
balangiga's infamous "howling wilderness"?!
That's right Gen. Jacob H. Smith,U.S. Army officer,a civil war soldier,who ordered the massacre of Filipino civilians during The Phil.-American war.It happened long time ago.The U.S. military nowadays are not that barbaric.
true, cuj. in fact, soldiers then as now are supposed to be trained and steeped in professionalism. it is on hindsight, in the judgment of history, when their acts in and especially during decisive moments in battle are deemed heroic or barbaric.
more currently, history's judgment already veers on the negative on the 1968 my lai massacre in south vietnam.
"The My Lai Massacre was the mass murder conducted by a unit of the U.S. Army on March 16, 1968 of 347–504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam, all of whom were civilians and a majority of whom were women, children (including babies) and elderly people.
Many of the victims were sexually abused, beaten, tortured, and some of the bodies were found mutilated. The massacre took place in the hamlets of Mỹ Lai and My Khe of Sơn Mỹ village during the Vietnam War. While 26 U.S. soldiers were initially charged with criminal offenses for their actions at My Lai, only William Calley was convicted. He served only three years of an original life sentence, while on house arrest.
When the incident became public knowledge in 1969, it prompted widespread outrage around the world. The massacre also increased domestic opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Three U.S. servicemen who made an effort to halt the massacre and protect the wounded were denounced by U.S. Congressmen, received hate mail and death threats and found mutilated animals on their doorsteps. Only 30 years after the event were their efforts honored." (from wikipedia)
then there's the guantanamo and abu ghraib torture and abuse of prisoners.
sometimes, barbarism is not so ancient after all.
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