The Vietnamization Of George W Bush

Mash | November 19, 2006, 12:34 pm | Foreign Policy, General, Iraq, Vietnam | 4 comments

George W Bush’s drive-by presidency continues to haunt the world. This week finds Mr. Bush in the unlikeliest of places. After driving us into a quagmire in Iraq, Mr. Bush took a holiday in another American quagmire - Vietnam. His visit to Vietnam, however, did not suffer from the common touch:

President Bush likes speed golf [...]

© 2006 Mashuqur Rahman | Category: Foreign Policy, General, Iraq, Vietnam | 4 comments | 1,327 views

My Lai Revisited: Getting Away With Murder

Mash | June 1, 2006, 3:19 am | Human Rights, Vietnam | 3 comments

 

 
What is the appropriate punishment for murdering 504 innocent men, women and children? Death penalty? Life in prison? House arrest? If you answered house arrest than you win a cookie. Only one man received punishment for the slaughter of innocents at My Lai village in Vietnam on the morning of March 16, 1968. His punishment [...]

© 2006 Mashuqur Rahman | Category: Human Rights, Vietnam | 3 comments | 5,517 views