i’d include a quote here but every sentence in this article is more horrible than the last. i recommend you (the entity reading this reply) read this article if discussion of rape and war do not bother you. towards the end, it details how american media (especially movies) worked to downplay (and even invert!!!) these atrocities.
War is ugly. Vietnam is fascinating because of how the media at the time was able to make it so public. Soldiers were interviewed constantly and were open a out their sins, helped by a lot of anti-government sentiment because of the unpopularity of the war.
But it isnt a vacuum of how inhumane the US or any country has been during war.
it doesn’t end there!
American Rape of Vietnamese Women was Considered “Standard Operating Procedure”
i’d include a quote here but every sentence in this article is more horrible than the last. i recommend you (the entity reading this reply) read this article if discussion of rape and war do not bother you. towards the end, it details how american media (especially movies) worked to downplay (and even invert!!!) these atrocities.
This is really eye-opening. Didn’t know Americans were THIS inhumane during the war in Vietnam.
War is ugly. Vietnam is fascinating because of how the media at the time was able to make it so public. Soldiers were interviewed constantly and were open a out their sins, helped by a lot of anti-government sentiment because of the unpopularity of the war.
But it isnt a vacuum of how inhumane the US or any country has been during war.
Just because the US commits countless atrocities, does not mean every other country does so, especially its victims.
This is really eye-opening. Didn’t know Americans were THIS inhumane during the war in Vietnam.
good read