That's what people began to say around 1970. It was about the time that the sordid reality of the My Lai massacre came out in public. Also it was becoming clear, after the invasion of Cambodia that any attempt to pursue "victory" would only result in more carnage. Prolonging the war was futile and it damaged this country in ways that have never been repaired.
Recently a US army Sgt. named Robert Bales went on a killing spree in Afghanistan, murdering 16 civilians. Bales was stationed at the Lewis-McChord base outside of Tacoma Wa. Lewis-McChord has been the site of several crimes.
*In 2010 three members of the Stryker Brigade were convicted of committing "thrill killings" of Afghan civilians.
*In January 2010 a soldier named Benjamin Colton Barnes was involved in a shooting, fled to Mount Ranier National Park where he shot and killed a park ranger. Barnes himself later died of exposure.
*Nov. 30. 2011 Pvt. Dakota Wolf murdered 19 year old Scarlett Paxton outside of her Kirkland Wa apartment by stabbing her to death.
*Feb. 2009 16 year old Leah King died after ingesting Xanax and oxymorphone by soldiers at the base.
*2010 Staff Sgt. Nathan Ryan Smith was convicted of raping two women.
It's time we asked. What are you doing to yourself America?
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