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Originally Posted by Johnj

I know it's about the Mai Lai massacre, I asked what prompted the posting. Also what makes you think that statement means that I think history is irrelevant. Your bringing up an ugly part of America's history for some purpose aren't you.

So your saying that we should never look back? Americans have commited war crimes too and we shouldn't just brush them off as "ugly parts". The whole point of drudging things up like this is shove it in peoples face and say you better not forget, why do you think schools talk about the Holocaust all the time, and slavery?