Posted: Dec 07, 2016 9:15 am
Oldskeptic wrote:crank wrote:Have evidence? I've documented dozens of examples, you just refuse to see it obviously. The media turned on the Vietnam around 67/68, the war had been going on for quite a while by then.
"The War", the part of the war we are talking about began in April of 1965 when Johnson changed the rules of engagement for US forces from defensive to offensive combined with an escalation of US combat troops from 3500 in March to ~200,000 at the end of the year. By mid August Morley Safer had filed a report for CBS News with Walter Cronkite of villages and homes being burned in retaliation for "a burst of gun fire."
Interesting though that you equate coverage by the media with the media turning on something. Sounds like no one is covering a subject until they take a position that you agree with.crank wrote:How well did it cover what we did to Laos, and how well has this been mentioned since? There are still people dying there every year from unexploded cluster bombs we dropped there over 50 years ago. How widely is this known?
Well, no one covered the secret war until someone covered it and that would be the New York Times on May 9th, 1969. Until then it was a secret.
You're missing the point. But oh well, good to see you're consistent. The MSM still hasn't discussed the Laos bombing. Saying we bombed them is one thing, what the video I posted earlier demonstrates is a profoundly vicious act, and it was done for no substantial reason. They dropped far more on Laos that all the bombs by all sides in WWII. That you 'cover' something doesn't mean it's been covered. Are you going to try to defend Korea, the Philippines, Mexico, virtually all of C and S America, and on and on and on....? Are you going to defend the history taught in the schools? You want to rationalize how corporate profits are unquestionably valued over the welfare of millions? Go ahead and wallow in the MSM, that's where everyone who prefer their deaf and blind, but comfortable, 'reality' over hearing ugly truths like to hang out.