[Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre

[rvrcowboy]

Big deal, you served in the military and now you think that gives you the
right to castigate others.  I am not impressed, I also served.

Dick Sherwin
Someone who waits for the facts before condeming his fellow soldiers.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "'rvrcowboy'" <rvrcowboy at clearwire.net>; "'Vision2020'"
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:54 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre


> Retch on, dick.
>
> Thomas P. Hansen
> SFC, US Army (Retired)
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the
tranquil
> and steady dedication of a lifetime."
>
> --Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: rvrcowboy [mailto:rvrcowboy at clearwire.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:42 PM
> To: Vision2020; Tom Hansen
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre
>
> Tom Hansen wrote:
> "Does this article, posted publicly in the Army Times, suggest that the
Army
> Times maintains some sort of unethical ulterior motive, dick?"
>
> Taken from Mr. Hansen's post:
>  "A separate investigation is seeking to determine if Marines lied to
cover
> up the killings."
> And:  "A spokesman at Marine Corps headquarters in the Pentagon, Lt. Col.
> Scott Fazekas, declined to comment on the status of the investigation. He
> said no information would be provided until the probe was completed."
>
> You will notice that the investigation is not completed as yet.
Responsible
> people, decline comment and refuse to try the accused in the court of
public
> opinion, at least until all the facts are in.  On the other hand; You,
Tom,
> and your co-horts like Mr. Gier, can't wait to use the opportunity to
smear
> our military men and women for your own political gain.  If, and when,
these
> allegations are proven to be true, I suspect people like you will be
> salivating all over yourselves in delight.  Anything to strengthen  your
> position that the US and the military are evil and just out to kill
> innocents to advance the cause of the rich establishment.
>
> Whatever happened to the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"?
> However this tragic story concludes, the real tragedy will be the delight
> people like you and Gier take in it.  You are all phonies, anyone can see
> through your thin veil of concern and decipher your real motives from the
> way you present youselves while claiming to support our fighting men and
> women.  You delight in pointing out anything negative about them, proven
or
> unproven.
>
> I do not detect one morsel of remorse or compassion for the position our
> soldiers find themselves in, from you.  Only phony rhetoric and
> denounciation of them.
>
> You make me sick.
>
> Dick Sherwin
>
>
>