3, September 2018 John McCain
The outpourings of tributes and
eulogies for John McCain are over but little attention was paid to the genocide
that we committed in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Over 8-10 million people
perished in our round-the clock carpet bombing raids. The New York Magazine
piece captures the war succinctly: “There
are Vietnamese children walking the Earth today who will die by stumbling on
the landmines we planted, or unexploded ordnance we left behind. There are
as-yet unborn Vietnamese babies who will enter the world with misshapen heads
and giant tumors as a result of the defoliants we showered on their country 50
years ago.” This was America’s shame, an immoral war and sadly McCain was an
enthusiastic participant.
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