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Originally Posted by regular.joe
That would lead me to believe there have been problems with internal leadership and unit culture driven by personalities.
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Once it became obvious even to the soldiers that the war was lost, then these same problems existed in Vietnam. Ie My Lai massacre.
Most famous massacres were first covered up by the brass. My Lai in Nam. Haditha in Iraq. Even Bradley Manning started due to a coverup of murder. We can easily conclude many more such atrocities existed and were successfully covered up.
Worse, in every case, the murderer was exonerated. In My Lai, those who tried to stop it were ignored or disparaged for multiple decades. Only recently honored for their bravery.
One can expect such murders by learning from a similar situation in Nam. Where the American army had already been defeated. But the brass was not willing to admit it.
BTW, that similarity was a reason for so much conflict between Karzai and a very informed Richard Holbrook.