Mister D
03-13-2012, 03:54 PM
I didn't realize anyone was comparing the two. Anyway, Obama is right. The comparison is absurd on a number of levels.
This Friday will mark the 44th anniversary of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, when an American platoon killed some 300 Vietnamese civilians, including children. And with the anniversary date rapidly approaching, the recent mass killing spree by an American soldier in Afghanistan has brought up several direct comparisons between the two incidents.
"The United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered," President Barack Obama said to reporters at the White House today. In his remarks, the president announced that he has ordered the Pentagon to "spare no effort" in its investigation of the incident, which resulted in the death of at least 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, three women and four men this past Sunday.
Both events were horrific, but as we try to process the news coming out of Afghanistan, there are some distinct differences between the two.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/lai-revisited-obama-says-afghanistan-massacre-not-comparable-181907736.html
This Friday will mark the 44th anniversary of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, when an American platoon killed some 300 Vietnamese civilians, including children. And with the anniversary date rapidly approaching, the recent mass killing spree by an American soldier in Afghanistan has brought up several direct comparisons between the two incidents.
"The United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered," President Barack Obama said to reporters at the White House today. In his remarks, the president announced that he has ordered the Pentagon to "spare no effort" in its investigation of the incident, which resulted in the death of at least 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, three women and four men this past Sunday.
Both events were horrific, but as we try to process the news coming out of Afghanistan, there are some distinct differences between the two.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/lai-revisited-obama-says-afghanistan-massacre-not-comparable-181907736.html