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"Perhaps this is the biggest single difference between Viet Nam and Abu Ghraib. In Viet Nam, the U.S. primarily taught and paid the Saigon police and military to do their bidding. In Abu Ghraib and Iraq, the U.S. military is carrying out the torture themselves. There were, however, many Vietnamese who were tortured by Americans before being turned over to their Saigon allies and put into jail. Reports of suspected Viet Cong being thrown out of helicopters, peasant farm people tied to stakes in the hot sun, and young men led off to execution by U.S. soldiers are well-documented by U.S. soldiers and journalists.

The U.S. paid the salaries of the torturers, taught them new methods, and turned suspects over to the police. The U.S. authorities were all aware of the torture."

https://www.historiansagainstwar.org/resources/torture/luce.html

#AsianMastodon #Vietnam #ColonialResistance #Communist #VietnameseHistory #AsianHistory #SouthEastAsia #Viet #Geopolitics #USWarOnVietnam #LongLiveVietnam #VietnameseSovereignty #LearnHistory #TootSEA #USAterrorism

If you haven't seen the #JohnPilger #documentaries about #Cambodia & how the #USgovernment is why #PolPot #KhmerRouge gained & retained power - please watch them.
It's important #geopolitical #history.
It was one of the worst #genocide atrocities in modern human history. Cambodians were #dehumanized like Vietnamese were. Both sovereign nations suffered many years of embargoes by US & their Western allies, along with Cold War pals back then - China. US was still angry & bitter about losing their imperialist invasion in Vietnam & they opted to punish Cambodia, Vietnam & Laos - they are really sore losers.

As you watch these #documentary films - please try to pay attention to how US officials haven't really changed their scripts in decades. They use similar lies/political deflective/avoidance verbal dances to this day. In 2024, they're talking about Arabs like they used to talk about Cambodians, Vietnamese & Laotians - like none of us are human beings. It's just collateral damage when a million or more POC folks, far from Western worlds, are mass murdered for political power games.

Year Zero:
https://watchdocumentaries.com/year-zero-the-silent-death-of-cambodia

Year One:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SkUc5MrZ1JU

Return to Year Zero:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZBWtjKzVk

#AsianMastodon #Cambodians #WarSurvivorsForPeace #WarCrimes #FuckTheUSA #USAterrorism #USATerrorists #TootSEA #NeverForget #Genocide #SouthEastAsia #geopolitics #USALies #warmongers #WarCriminals #AmericanAbuses #NeverTrustUSA #USAWarCrimes #SponsoredByUSA #USABullies #Decolonization #educational #USAFundsGenocide