MICHAEL REAGAN: The My Lai Lie

The My Lai Lie
By Michael Reagan

If you pay close attention to the media firestorm over the incident in Haditha, you’ll discover constant references to the war in Vietnam in general and My Lai in particular.

That’s no accident. The crazed American left in and out of the media is trying to accomplish in Iraq what they accomplished in Vietnam – a shameful American defeat wrested from the jaws of victory. Make no mistake about it, these traitorous anti-war zealots are salivating over the possibility that they can exploit whatever happened in Haditha last November just as they exploited the My Lai massacre and thousands of G.I. deaths in Vietnam.

Without any real knowledge of the Nov. 19 deaths of 24 civilians and the role if any played in the killings by United States Marines, the despicable Democrat Rep. John Murtha is charging that members of the Marine Corps killed those civilians in cold blood. The media is trumpeting over Murtha’s accusations, showcasing him on radio and TV broadcasts and egging him on, something scarcely needed since he’s been all too anxious to clutter up the air waves with his egomaniacal blatherings.

This is all a matter of déjà vu to those of us who remember what happened in Vietnam, and how the same media now ranting and raving about Haditha helped drive us from Vietnam – where we were winning – an outcome that cost the lives of over a million Vietnamese and Cambodians. Central to the attempt to drive us out of Vietnam were the phony atrocity stories peddled by the likes of Jane Fonda and John Kerry and the story of My Lai where somewhere between 300 and 500 Vietnamese villagers were butchered by an out-of-control U.S. Army unit – a real atrocity that bolstered Kerry’s phony accounts of American misbehavior in battle.

In Vietnam, the Left learned their lesson well and they are now applying it to Iraq, where they hope to obtain similar results – the mightiest nation on the face of the earth cutting and running from a conflict against a ragtag foe we are slowly and painfully winning.

The worst aspect of this duplicitous activity is the motive behind much of the antiwar hysteria – an insane hatred of George W. Bush and the overwhelming lust of the Democrats to regain control of Capitol Hill no matter what it costs the United States of America in blood and treasure. Don’t make any mistake about it – that exactly what is driving John Murtha. This war’s John Kerry – and that of his conscienceless colleagues.

They didn’t care that their part in causing the U.S. to back out of Vietnam caused over 58,000 of our fellow Americans to have died in vain. And today they couldn’t care less if the grieving survivors – moms, dads, wives, and children – of the soldiers and Marines who laid down their lives in Iraq have to face the possibility that their loved ones’ deaths were meaningless.

What these modern-day Benedict Arnolds are attempting to do is the recreate the shameful spectacle of battle-scarred veterans coming home from Vietnam to be cursed and spat at and called baby killers by the very people they risked their lives to serve. Their crocodile tears over the killings in Haditha – which for all we presently know may or may not have been justified by the exigencies of combat – masks their delight that they may now have a new My Lai. Never mind that My Lai caused hundreds of deaths while in Haditha just 24 people died in what, once again, for all we presently know for certain, may have been the heat of battle.

With the enthusiastic cooperation of the media the two incidents are compared to sap the morale of the American people to the point where they will accept a shameful defeat and leave the people of Iraq to the same kind of tender mercies shown to the betrayed people of Vietnam and Cambodia.

I want to tell the veterans of Vietnam that this is what they did to you and this is what John Murtha and the rest of the radical Left are now trying to do to the brave men and women in Iraq. They want to turn their image into that of baby killers. You should be the ones marching in the streets against the Left and John Murtha. You must not allow what happened to you happen to the men and women in Iraq.

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As a perfect example of exactly the kind of person Michael Reagan is talking about, the d'RAT Playhouse coughs up this traitorous asshat:

"I see no point in feathering up some false pride in what our soldiers are doing there. The entire occupation is an abomination. Unfortunately, bucking up the forces is what the officers do to cajole the soldiers to continue to prosecute their misguided 'mission' in Iraq.

But I don't see much need for that from the rest of us. Outside of general respect for these soldiers lives and their well-being, and a general respect for the ultimate sacrifice of the risk of their lives and their livelihoods, they would be best served by a condemnation of their actions, not some sugar-coating to make them feel better.

(snip...)

In the meantime, these misguided and misdirected troops will ultimately benefit more from public resentment of their actions in Iraq than by cheerleading and cosseting of blame. Anything that hastens their exit from Iraq will more than compensate for some loss of pride that may come from the criticism." (bigtree)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364

Once again, the true loyalties of the d'RATs becomes apparent. They want us all to believe that they 'honor' the troops--but they have "babykillers!" on their lips, and spittle in their mouths, just waiting for them. NEVER have I been so disgusted!

THE GREAT HYPOCRISY OF THE D'RATS:

"It was like a wave that hit me. The lastest news of more murders being committed in Iraq. Among the latest victims was a six month old baby. WHO CAN SHOOT A BABY? Yesterday, report of a shooting, of a pregnant woman, in labor, trying to get to the hospital. Killing her and her unborn child. I sit here sobbing in shame. In a previous post I said, there will come a point, where all soap and water in the world, will not wash away the blood that is on our hands." (DearAbby)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1331260

"He (Bush) has no emotions, no feelings, and certanly no empathy. He is a shell. He has a body, but no soul. If he is so "pro life" than why have millions of people been murdered under his watch? He is pure evil. I have never hated anyone as much as I hate that man. I cannot imagine how black and empty his soul is. The atrocities committed under his watch are beyond comprehension. Every day... more death and destruction. There is no way to stop it. They will lie, cheat and steal to get whatever the fuck they want." (Sannum)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1331658

The first post deals with the alleged 'baby killing' by a Marine in Haditha. Whether or not that is true remains to be seen; the d'RATS will make up any slander, spread ANY untruth if they think it advances their position.

My question to them--and one that got me thrown out of the d'RAT Playhouse quick--was "how is this different than abortion?" This gal was crying tears and flowers for the 'blood on GOP hands' over a mother and childs' supposed death in Iraq--but she had no comment--not so much as a glance--for all the abortions here in this country...

The second squib is likewise as revealing. The d'RATS want to go on chapter and verse about how 'Bush is responsible' for the reported civilian deaths in Haditha. They want to talk about how 'soulless' and 'amoral' he is--yet I got banned, once again, for asking a very simple "Was LBJ responsible for My Lai?"

The feckless d'RATS want to over-emote at the drop of a hat--get all bleary-eyed and blubbery--but they DO NOT WANT TO BE HONEST OR PLAY FAIR. (And, after getting banned twice in one day (of course, I'm back on with another name LOL!) for merely asking a question, they can save it when they go bleating about 'free speech'!)