Saturday, August 22, 2009

Vietnam Massacre Soldier 'Sorry' - ( WTF)

Lt. William Calley maintains that he was following orders from his superior when he ordered his platoon to gun down 500 innocent Vietnamese men, women and children. The US army officer convicted for his part in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War has offered his first public apology, a US report says.
"There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened," Lt William Calley was quoted as saying.

He was addressing a small group at a community club in Columbus, Georgia. Calley,66, was convicted on 22 counts of murder for the 1968 massacre of 500 people in Vietnam.
"I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry," the former US platoon commander said on Wednesday. He was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killings in 1971. Then-US President Richard Nixon commuted his sentence to three years' house arrest. But Calley insisted that he was only following orders, the paper reported.

He broke his silence after accepting a friend's invitation to speak at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club, a US-based global voluntary organisation. At the time of the killings, the US soldiers had been on a "search and destroy" mission to root out communist fighters in what was fertile Viet Cong territory. Although the enemy was nowhere to be seen, the US soldiers of Charlie Company rounded up unarmed civilians in a small village and gunned them down.

When the story of My Lai was exposed, more than a year later, it tarnished the name of the US army and proved to be a turning point for public opinion about the Vietnam War.

Three years house arrest for Calley is not even a slap on the wrist for killing 500 people. And what about the so-called superior officer whose orders Calley was following? What was his punishment, I wonder. Probably an honorable discharge with full pension or perhaps a promotion. But'Geez Louise'I'm sure glad to hear Lt. Calley is 'SORRY'. It took him long enough.

73 comments:

  1. I don't know if I'll be back in time for a chat tonight Nee.If I'm here I will surely check into the blog. If not I wish you a pleasant evening and a sunny tomorrow.I will catch up with you somewhere.
    Snuggle with old Long Shank and you might get lucky...HA!

    Checkout our sidebar....luv & hugs..J

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  2. Hi Pic... made it home.Had a busy day.How about you??

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  3. Anonymous9:26:00 PM

    I love the side bar..
    You have shown your talent as always...I am so glad you didn't take Maxy off the blog, he says hello to me each time i check in.

    This your holiday, you enjoy it with the "Every-ready Rock".
    Nothing going on here , just trying to get moved in, almost there.
    I wish you a pleasant evening also and a HUM-DINGLE-OF-A-NIGHT. [giggles] you know exactly what I mean...just tap-dance til all night long.HA!!
    I got a little lucky last night after we returned home.
    Will see you and talk later.I hope the weather stay nice for you and you get to do some or all the things you want to do this holiday.
    Lots of LUV...PIC...NEE

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  4. Anonymous9:27:00 PM

    Doing just fine.

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  5. Anonymous9:29:00 PM

    One thing for sure my ass is draging the floor.

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  6. Time to take a rest Sweetie.I bet it's hectic there.

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  7. Anonymous9:34:00 PM

    Yes it is , I am going slow. How is everybody?

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  8. Brian tried to do so many things today he collapsed at ten o'clock and he went right to sleep. His heart gets tired and he gets kind of a grayish color and tired around the eyes.Then we have to let him rest.He always overdoes it.I'm used to spending the evening alone.

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  9. Anonymous9:37:00 PM

    I just love you patting my head, I can just hear you saying if you don't stop your fool ass talk I'm going to spank your musty butt, the PIC's is so cute.

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  10. He wants to get his household chores done( a little painting etc)so we can go to some nice places.It's pretty hot here right now.We're going north to the Bruce Penninsula for a day or two.

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  11. We were due for a change.I am trying to get a playlist for the side bar but so far can't figure it out.

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  12. Anonymous9:42:00 PM

    Why do men do that, don't they know they worry us. Thats a bad habit Gil has also, he fall to sleep some time and I just crawl in bed beside him. They never like to tell you when something is wrong.

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  13. I like old DC in the sidebar.He looks good saying "F***O**"

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  14. Anonymous9:48:00 PM

    Oh sweetie that would be so good for you and Brian to get away for a little while ,I am so glag to hear that.
    Maybe now I will get my nerve up and stop being scared I will throw us in space, that's what Gil says is my problem, well you gave me a lot of names and most got lost.

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  15. We ended up with everything in the sidebar except what I wanted.I do not know how to get a playlist that we can both add to in the sidebar.I really want that music.

    I think I'll add a sentence to PIC.I'll announce that we are online and available to chat with at ten o'clock Eastern Standard... nine o'clock Central

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  16. Anonymous9:54:00 PM

    I would be scared to add to the playlist, I might throe it away, I am going to learn this crap, one thing at a time, you know I like the same music as you.
    I think old DC looks kind of nice, wonder what the loons think you know they seen it.

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  17. Anonymous9:55:00 PM

    We both know old DC isn't a racism.Hahaha

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  18. Double Ha!I didn't even think of that. You are so right honey,he is no racist.He was the perfect guy to put there.

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  19. I wonder if he is going to get tired of saying that 24/7.

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  20. Anonymous10:02:00 PM

    Get the "MUSIC".. I need to learn how to get things off the web..I am so far behind on learning but I will try and catch up.
    If you want to come on earlier than 10/9pm, it will be find with me.

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  21. Anonymous10:06:00 PM

    I don't think he will care , after all hi is getting his knob sucked, he might be saying,if you keep pulling that hard on it , you won't get paid. hahaha

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  22. Anonymous10:09:00 PM

    PIC, have I been this bad all the time HMmmmmm or did I learn it from you and Sis.hahaha

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  23. I can't figure the music out yet.I'm not too swift on these things.Even thoughI've used computers for a long time they know how to confuse me.They enjoy doing that.

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  24. Anonymous10:15:00 PM

    Dad says he walked down to see if Mamie need anything, he say the girls was in bed asleep, but Gilly was whipping Mamie's ass, dad say she was almost in tears.

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  25. You're just bad to the bone.There is no cure for you.That's probably why I like you.

    I hope you have lots off help moving and setting up house.It's good you have Mamie there now.She sure will earn her wages for the next while until you're settled.

    The last housekeeper nana had was drinking the booze when she was supposed to be working. Nana blamed the major for a long time before she caught on who it was.

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  26. Anonymous10:20:00 PM

    {giggles] I know what you mean. I only used one to log the daily records in at the casino, before that I just used it for e-mail and playing games. hahaha...I've come a long way baby, I haven't made it to the end yet.

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  27. That Gilly is going to be a handful.You may be the only one who can handle him.Nan says he is just like you.

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  28. Anonymous10:28:00 PM

    I bet Nana gave her hell. She seems to be a very nice lady, but she seems to be nervous around Gil,it will past after she is around him for awhile.I ask Mamie did she drink, she said yes, but not while she is at work.

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  29. Nana fired her ass so fast,I never saw the lady again.

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  30. Anonymous10:33:00 PM

    Gilly has a mind of his own,he will let you love on him for a while, Nan says he is a bad ass baby, he just lets you know when he want's down, he is just like me. hahaha

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  31. Anonymous10:36:00 PM

    Good for Nana , drinking on the job, wonder what else she would do. She knew Nana was blaming the Major for it, I don't blame Nana one bit.

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  32. I think you and Gilly may have a few differances of opinion someday.
    I had to laugh though to hear that Gilly almost had poor Mamie in tears.What a guy.

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  33. Anonymous10:42:00 PM

    Jeannie
    Gilly and Jill looks like Gil.
    Both of them is mean like Nee Jill's temper is more like Gil's you have to really push his buttons.
    My aunt Nee is sweet but she is one mean bitch.
    Nan

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  34. Did you read the post about the massacre?That story has always infuriated me.The killing and what Nixon did.Swept it under the rug.No one was punished.

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  35. Anonymous10:50:00 PM

    I asked her did everything go all right, she said yes, the girls went to bed and she and Gilly watched TV. Gilly can be into something and they tell him here come mama, if he's in his walker boy he can haul ass.

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  36. I get what you mean Nan.She's sweet as honey until you get her really riled,then she turns into a mean bitch.
    I think I would choose to be on Nee's side in a fight,more chance of winning....HA!

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  37. It bet it's cute to see him coming at you at full steam.It sounds like he's possessive of you.

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  38. Anonymous10:54:00 PM

    Yes, I was going to tell you that it was so wrong in what was done.
    Hell the bastard is 66 years old now, a tad late don't you think,Sis and all was talking about it , hell he's ready to be laid to rest.
    I agree with the other countries about us Americans, we have no regards for others.

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  39. One day it could be Gil in a walker coming at you.
    It's funny how what goes around,comes around.
    I was just discussing with Nana about getting her a walker.She gets exhausted so quickly now.

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  40. Anonymous11:00:00 PM

    All the shit we do wrong it gets swept under the rug, I don't think this war we are in now should be happening, we started out after the cave man and Bush wanted to show what a big made he was. We are the fools for following a drunk.

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  41. The trouble is now you're in so deep you just can't back out without serious consequences.

    Electing Bush was the biggest mistake.I think the American public is a little wiser now.

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  42. Anonymous11:03:00 PM

    I bet Nana would enjoy a walker, she could stop and rest.
    Nana is amazing , girl you got some strong genes.

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  43. Anonymous11:11:00 PM

    We are shit-heads, until everyone wants to stop trying to be boss, we will stay down, we once was leaders, now I don't know what we are, instead of backing Obama, they are saying he wasn't born in the US. They are having town hall meeting and the people are acting like they are on the "Jerry Springer show, now what kind of shit is that?

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  44. You're right.She is amazingly strong in spite of how ill she is.
    I think the secret of her longevity is that she is a mean old bitch too.
    So you see Nee, you're lucky.You'll live a long time too...HA!

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  45. Anonymous11:16:00 PM

    Jeannie
    Your mother sounds like a wonderful lady.
    Nan

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  46. Anonymous11:20:00 PM

    Nan is my babies in bed ? What is sis and dad doing?
    You are going to make me write a post about your musty butt...NEE

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  47. Obama was born in Honolulu.I think that's the United States.His mother was only eighteen.They are trying to make something out of that now.

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  48. Do you want to go see about your kids honey??

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  49. Anonymous11:23:00 PM

    They say MJ was murdered and they have indicted the doctor.Found a bloody shirt some place in the house.

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  50. Anonymous11:28:00 PM

    I am going as soon as Gil finishing hooking up something, it' just a hop-skip and a jump.
    Yes Honolulu is in the US, hell they knew that before he was elected.

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  51. I don't think the bloody shirt is connected to his death, but it may be from the time in the seventies when his head caught fire.
    Was it murder do you think or manslaughter.He may have been careless with his dosing.

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  52. Thankyou Nan. She is pretty amazing and very tough.She and Nee would get along like a house on fire.

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  53. Anonymous11:32:00 PM

    We are some dumb asses.We let the whole world know how stupid we are. We want people to respect us, hell we don't respect each other.

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  54. We love Mr Obama in Canada.He is a peacenik like us.

    I've wondered about MJ's father being involved with the doctor in a plot to kill MJ. He may have believed that he could get his hands on MJ's money and offered the doc a nice sum.
    What'choo think??

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  55. Anonymous11:37:00 PM

    Wasn't the doctor the one giving the dose..you don't think the shirt got washed ,that's an awful long time ago.
    Wait , let me look at something.

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  56. Anonymous11:40:00 PM

    It says bloody shirt hanging in closet..MJ's doctor will end up in prison.

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  57. That's what I meant,the doctor got sloppy with his dosing.

    You know Michael collected weird things.He once tried to purchase the ELEPHANT MAN"S skeleton from the Smithsonian.He may have bought a murder victim's shirt as a souvineer.

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  58. Anonymous11:44:00 PM

    They are saying the doc is linked to James Brown.This is just the tip of the surface.

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  59. Whether it was deliberate or not,that man was responsible.He belongs in prison.I can't see where it was on purpose.The doctor would be killing the only job he had,not to mention the easy life and access to money and drugs.

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  60. James Brown was a close friend of Michael's.MJ idolized James.

    Is there some question about James' death too?

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  61. Anonymous11:50:00 PM

    You may be right about the shirt, it still have the price tag on it.
    I would'nt put anything past Old Snake-eyes, he's sold his soul to the devil nothing else to lose.
    Before this is finish we are going to find out about a lot of celebrities.

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  62. Anonymous11:53:00 PM

    Canada really do love Obama and so do the Queen, everyone likes him but we Americans, he's only been in office a little over 100 days what did they think he could just snap his fingers and all the shit Bush got us in over the last 8 years would just go away.

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  63. I just watched a video where Michael defended himself against the molesting charges in an interview.He was quite convincing.

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  64. I still wonder about that.Does anyone else?

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  65. Anonymous11:56:00 PM

    Yes they said they believe it had something to do with drugs, and James and MJ was using the same doc. Dr. Murray.

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  66. Obama turned the tide of the recession.Doesn't anyone give him credit for that?

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  67. Anonymous11:58:00 PM

    They are wondering is there a fetal drug connection. This is in the Globe, they are always the last to know.

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  68. I guess I should let you get some rest.Moving is hell.I'm not looking forward to our next move.We will have to have quite an auction to size down our stuff.

    Don't forget you have to Christen the new house the first night there for good luck, with a little nookie.But I bet you've already done it.

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  69. Anonymous12:04:00 AM

    Canada..England and most other countries do, he's just a man.
    You know what I think ,if it was Bush they would think he was some kind of mini god.I like what he got in his head, and he trys to explain it to them.

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  70. Was MJ's doctor also James doctor?

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  71. Anonymous12:10:00 AM

    Yeah, Sis says every room.
    I really feel like I'm finally got a home.
    So I will say good nite and talk tomorrow.
    Go snuggled up to the Rock and have a great nite.
    I love the side-bar and thanks for letting Maxy stay.
    Had a good time see you soon..PIC..LUV...NEE

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  72. Goodnight honey.Have a great one.Talk to you later...luv... PIC

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  73. Anonymous12:13:00 AM

    Yes Dr. Murray

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