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I know a Vietnam vet. I see him once a week. He is one of the nicest guys I know. He isn't well off by any means (he lives in a panel truck), yet he'll give you the shirt off his back if you ask. And he did some horrible shit in Vietnam. He killed prisoners, he shot at civilians, he threw C-rations at kids hard, he once pushed a "gooner" off a bridge to his death because the guy smiled at him as he marched by. Yes, monstrous I know. He, however, is remorseless about everything he did over there. However, one would never in their wildest dreams think he did anything so horrid unless they heard it from him. War is nasty, vile business, yet it will be with us as long as humanity exists.
My point here, however, is that, regardless of said article, the CBS "documentary" is pure bullshit. To think that one could skin 50 individuals while they were still alive in one hour is beyond belief. What would be the purpose of doing something like that? Was he by himself? Was he ordered to do it? Why? No one found doing something so vile wrong enough to stop it? If it was wide spread as the man suggests, why don't we hear from more vets coming forward to decry this disgusting act? If he were acting alone, how did he manage to cowtow over two score people so he could skin them alive one by one? A rational mind would dismiss such a ridiculous claim.
I will concede that I saw the overarching goal of the article as an advertisement of the SBVT, which for some people immediately invalidates it. Even I was a bit weary of the chest thumping for the SBVT, which I have place no trust in.
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