On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:27:32 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
> The genocide of the Indians by the US army is one of the most atrocious
> war crimes in recent history. I don't think that it's reported much in
> the US, though, and I suspect that most US citizens still believe the
> Hollywood view of that particularly nasty portion of US history.
>
> To my mind, when you are after the women and children as well as the
> young men, then genocide is clearly the goal. Armies are, of course,
> usually very successful at killing women and children, and the US army
> were no exception in this respect.
Unfortunately, this type of behaviour isn't unique to the US. The British
committed similar atrocities in Australia (not just the military, either,
civilians joined in with lamentable enthusiasm).
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Kier
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