History Thread

[Deleted member 3713]

absolute lad

 

[ddæ]

>In late-1969, Thompson was summoned to Washington, DC to appear before a special closed hearing of the House Armed Services Committee. There, he was sharply criticized by several congressmen, in particular, Chairman Mendel Rivers (D-S.C.), who were anxious to play down allegations of a massacre by American troops. Rivers publicly stated that he felt Thompson was the only soldier at My Lai who should be punished (for questioning and eventually disobeying orders) and unsuccessfully attempted to have him court-martialed.

>Thompson was vilified by many Americans commanders for his testimony against United States Army personnel. He recounted in a CBS 60 Minutes television program in 2004, "I'd received death threats over the phone...Dead animals on your porch, mutilated animals on your porch some mornings when you get up."

imagine the integrity and heroics of this man for a moment to go up against a company of soldiers killing civilians, get threatened to be killed alongside said civilians by his own allies, return home, be criticized by the board investigating the massacre for interfering and attempting to save the lives of innocent people, and constantly receiving death-threats for about 20 years - all whilst not asking a single thing but that people should do what is right and act humane.

he's definitely up there.

>In 1998, Thompson and Colburn returned to the village of Sơn Mỹ, where they met some of the people they saved during the killings, including Thi Nhung and Pham Thi Nhanh, two women who had been part of the group about to be killed by Brooks's 2nd Platoon. Thompson said to the survivors, "I just wish our crew that day could have helped more people than we did."

>He reported that one of the women they had helped out came up to him and asked, "Why didn't the people who committed these acts come back with you?" He said that he was "just devastated" but that she finished her sentence: "So we could forgive them." He later told a reporter, "I'm not man enough to do that. I'm sorry. I wish I was, but I won't lie to anybody. I'm not that much of a man."

 

[Akula]

>In late-1969, Thompson was summoned to Washington, DC to appear before a special closed hearing of the House Armed Services Committee. There, he was sharply criticized by several congressmen, in particular, Chairman Mendel Rivers (D-S.C.), who were anxious to play down allegations of a massacre by American troops. Rivers publicly stated that he felt Thompson was the only soldier at My Lai who should be punished (for questioning and eventually disobeying orders) and unsuccessfully attempted to have him court-martialed.

>Thompson was vilified by many Americans commanders for his testimony against United States Army personnel. He recounted in a CBS 60 Minutes television program in 2004, "I'd received death threats over the phone...Dead animals on your porch, mutilated animals on your porch some mornings when you get up."

imagine the integrity and heroics of this man for a moment to go up against a company of soldiers killing civilians, get threatened to be killed alongside said civilians by his own allies, return home, be criticized by the board investigating the massacre for interfering and attempting to save the lives of innocent people, and constantly receiving death-threats for about 20 years - all whilst not asking a single thing but that people should do what is right and act humane.

he's definitely up there.

>In 1998, Thompson and Colburn returned to the village of Sơn Mỹ, where they met some of the people they saved during the killings, including Thi Nhung and Pham Thi Nhanh, two women who had been part of the group about to be killed by Brooks's 2nd Platoon. Thompson said to the survivors, "I just wish our crew that day could have helped more people than we did."

>He reported that one of the women they had helped out came up to him and asked, "Why didn't the people who committed these acts come back with you?" He said that he was "just devastated" but that she finished her sentence: "So we could forgive them." He later told a reporter, "I'm not man enough to do that. I'm sorry. I wish I was, but I won't lie to anybody. I'm not that much of a man."

then you got this MANLET FUCK

 

[blackopy]

Shout out to the British Empire. Also would someone be willing to explain to me what powers the queen exactly has over the commonwealth realms, please?

 

[Akula]

Shout out to the British Empire. Also would someone be willing to explain to me what powers the queen exactly has over the commonwealth realms, please?

technically total but rarely used at all

bills require her signature to be passed into law but iirc shes never denied

 

[afric]

I like how after the American war of Independence great britian gave up with the America's and just went to fuck with the Asians

 

[ddæ]

 

[Black Rain (1989)]

 

[Ond]

it was actually really spooky the supermarkets actually looked like this in some places otherwise it was a huge stock of 4-5 items on each shelf

Also

What do the VC use as anti-air?

A Ho Minh missile.

 

[ddæ]

alright boys
best cold war speech?

BONUS:
no 'ich bin ein berliner' or 'tear down this wall' allowed​

 

[Black Rain (1989)]

alright boys
best cold war speech?

BONUS:
no 'ich bin ein berliner' or 'tear down this wall' allowed​

 

[Dallas]

best British speech of the modern era

 

[Black Rain (1989)]

best British speech of the modern era

alllright there mayte we're invading iraq so we are so we are

 

[Dallas]

alllright there mayte we're invading iraq so we are so we are

aawwwwwhhaawwwwwww mayyyyyte

 

[Deleted member 1381]

 

[Ond]

god i wish i was that piano

 

[cns - he/him/his]

i wish i had a girl who would defend tsar nicolas ii like that

 

[Black Rain (1989)]

i wish i had a girl who would defend tsar nicolas ii like that

back OFF

 

[cns - he/him/his]

back OFF

you can have this one if you support my claim to the jewish milk truck known as abigail shapiro

 

[Black Rain (1989)]

"Best British speech of the modern era."

Uhm, think again sweetie