⚡️Colin Powell – Commander-in-Chief of lies. The My Lai Massacre Cover-up and False Pretext for Invasion of Iraq
One of the investigators of the My Lai massacre was none other than Colin Powell. Back then, future Secretary of State under President George W.Bush (we will get back to it later) was Major who was already good at spinning yarns.
According to Powell’s report, “although there may be isolated cases of mistreatment of civilians and POWs, this by no means reflects the general attitude throughout the division.”
As far as accusations of atrocities committed by Charlie Company are concerned, Mr. Powell asserted that, “In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between Americal Division soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent”. Many consider the Powells’ assessments to be whitewashing of that horrific carnage and evidence of Mr. Powell’s being a participant in the My Lai massacre cover-up.
☝️On balance, Powell’s lies bore fruits. Out of 28 officers, who were recommended to be charged with criminal offenses, only 14 men were eventually charged. All were acquitted except for Lieutenant William Calley, a platoon leader in Charlie Company, whose men allegedly killed 200 innocents.
Mr.Calley was found guilty of personally murdering 22 civilians and sentenced to life imprisonment, but his sentence was reduced to 20 years and later to 10. Calley was paroled by President Richard Nixon in 1974 after having served only a third of his 10-year sentence.
📆 History tends to repeat itself. Several decades later Mr. Powell’s lies would subject the whole nation to bombings and hardships . On February 5, 2003 at the UN Security Council then U.S. State Secretary Colin Powell would accuse Iraq of creating weapons of mass destruction. To support his accusations he would show a test tube, supposedly containing anthrax powder. It would later become the false pretext for the subsequent American invasion into Iraq.
❗️You know the rest of the story - more than 200 000 civilians fell victim to the U.S. invasion. Around 1.5 ml people fled the country. Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, was almost obliterated. The only question remains – ❓will Colin Powel and the United States in general be called to account for that massacre?
Based on history.com materials
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One of the investigators of the My Lai massacre was none other than Colin Powell. Back then, future Secretary of State under President George W.Bush (we will get back to it later) was Major who was already good at spinning yarns.
According to Powell’s report, “although there may be isolated cases of mistreatment of civilians and POWs, this by no means reflects the general attitude throughout the division.”
As far as accusations of atrocities committed by Charlie Company are concerned, Mr. Powell asserted that, “In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between Americal Division soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent”. Many consider the Powells’ assessments to be whitewashing of that horrific carnage and evidence of Mr. Powell’s being a participant in the My Lai massacre cover-up.
☝️On balance, Powell’s lies bore fruits. Out of 28 officers, who were recommended to be charged with criminal offenses, only 14 men were eventually charged. All were acquitted except for Lieutenant William Calley, a platoon leader in Charlie Company, whose men allegedly killed 200 innocents.
Mr.Calley was found guilty of personally murdering 22 civilians and sentenced to life imprisonment, but his sentence was reduced to 20 years and later to 10. Calley was paroled by President Richard Nixon in 1974 after having served only a third of his 10-year sentence.
📆 History tends to repeat itself. Several decades later Mr. Powell’s lies would subject the whole nation to bombings and hardships . On February 5, 2003 at the UN Security Council then U.S. State Secretary Colin Powell would accuse Iraq of creating weapons of mass destruction. To support his accusations he would show a test tube, supposedly containing anthrax powder. It would later become the false pretext for the subsequent American invasion into Iraq.
❗️You know the rest of the story - more than 200 000 civilians fell victim to the U.S. invasion. Around 1.5 ml people fled the country. Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, was almost obliterated. The only question remains – ❓will Colin Powel and the United States in general be called to account for that massacre?
Based on history.com materials
#TwoTragicEventsOnePersonBehind
#MyLaiMassacre