>Subject: Re: How John Kerry Helped Hanoi Jane During JFK's Vietnam War!
>Kerry Call Viet Vets' "Baby killers" JFK - H
>From: Doug Reese dreese@erols.com
>Date: 1/29/2004 8:23 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <4019c03c$0$18397$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>
>
>thomandpam@yahoo.com.au (Thom) wrote:
>>On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 0846 -0600, "Nigel Brooks²°°4©"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Thom" wrote in message
>>>news:40184c6f.9323589@news.melbpc.org.au...
>>>
>>>> It appears that Powell covered Mai Lai up but wasn't there.
>>>
>>>How does that appear?
>>>
>>>There has never been any evidence that Colin Powell was aware of what
>>>happened in My Lai prior to the Army beginning it's investigation. Perhaps
>>>you can name a source for this particular allegation.
>>
>>I don't disagree with that point of view. and the whole thing is
>>cloudy in that respect but I can remember his name popping up during
>>the investigation.
>>
>>My Lai was a terrible thing and I don't condone it but I understand
>>how war makes you crazy and people on all sides do terrible things
>>sometimes.
>>
>>The problem is that commanders at various levels tend to cover their
>>butts when its not the right thing to do.
>>
>>As far as references, put
>>Powell*my lai
>>into google (just copy and paste it as it is) and you get 13,000
>>references including one that says int he header that Powell ordered
>>the action.

>
>Here's a fact for you. Powell wasn't even in Vietnam when My Lai
>happened. He didn't arrive until afterwards. I don't doubt some yahoo
>said that he ordered the action. That, however, is a lie. Plain and simple.
>
>Doug
>

There is actually a website that really says that Powell did in fact give the
order, as confirmed by an "unnamed general". It that doesn't raise the red
flag what does?

I know this because a while back Anthony Marsh played the baby killer card over
in the jfk group and of course he ran to My Lai as they all seem to do. Nigel
Brooks was tearing Marsh a new one about My Lai when Marsh laid this
"reference" on us. And sure nuff, that is what the site says.

Nigel pointed out that any half assed investigator would know that Powell was
in the U.S. going to the Command and General Staff (I think) school at the time
of My Lai and couldn't have possibly given the order. I doubt that this fact
did any good to change any of these fool's minds.

But it confirmed my suspicions that you can find any thing on the web.

Bill Clarke