Should Bush apologise for killing 3.5 millions Vietnamese while he is in Vietnam now ?

Question

3.5 million vietnamese killed by the US , the use of Agent Orange , napalm bombs and worst of all , My Lai massacre.

most of you are right , Bush evaded the draft , he did not kill anybody , so he should not apologize.
Was his father on duty in Vietnam at the time , might be he can apologize on his father behalf.

Answer 1

God, you Yanks really are as thick as sh*t.

Of course the asker knows Bush wasn't PERSONALLY responsible for Vietnam.

The question is should he apologise on behalf of the American people for the atrocities committed in their name.

And of course he should.

And of course you lot, who seem to make a habit of going into other people's countries for no good reason, and killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the process, are too dumb to see it.

Shame on you all.

Answer 2

Interesting question. Vietnam cannot in this case be blamed on Bush... (shame ... he gets the blame along with Blair for most things these days) and therefore, why is it necessary for him to apologise? Conversely, will the Vietnam government apologise for the numerous French, other nations and American killed by the North Vietnamese Communist that started the original Vietnam war? My Lai was a massacre, However, the Vietcong were responsible for far more massacres of their own nations people in the name of Communism. And No, I'm not an American and certainly not a Bush fan, but perspective here please.

Answer 3

The US killed 3.5 million Vietnamese.. did you pull that number out of your head... there were more countries in the war than just the US... Learn about the Vietnam war before you start talking trash about anybody, when you obviously are not educated about the subject.. I don't like Bush all that much... your statistics are wrong... Surely My Lai massacre was horrible... and it was unfortunate it happened- you can't control the mental state of every solider in battle... war had taken their toll on them, they were all young and it's sad- The war made a lot of people crazy

Answer 4

Not only was it morally wrong, it was also a strategic disaster. By "carelessly" dropping so many millions of tons of bombs and napalm on innovent men, women and children, all the American generals managed to do was to create a populace of millions who were intent on getting revenge. Consequently, they made it so much more difficult to win the war, and lost the justification for winning it in the first place. A massive technical superiority and an aversion to casualties invariably seems to lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of innocent bystanders. America has repeated the same mistake in Iraq, although admittedly not to the same extent. There are two ways to win a war: 1. with extreme difficulty, numerous casualties and perhaps some moral authority or 2. quite easily with a massive technical superiority and by not bothering to perform the extremely difficult task of discriminating between combatants and civilians. America obviously chose the latter course with the Vietnam war.

Answer 5

Maybe the Kennedy family should apologize. After all, it was Kennedy that escalate US involvement in that war.

How about the Johnson family?

Or maybe Putin of Russia should apologize. 80 percent of the weapons the north used came from Russia.

How about New Zealand and Australia. They sent troops.

How about the war protesters. North Vietnam was arming the Khmer Rouge. When America pulled out it created a power vacuum that allowed Pol Pot to come to power. Pol Pot killed between 1.7 million and 3 million Cambodians.

Thailand was there too.

And yes, the My Lai massacre was a horrid moment. Those 347 people were senselessly killed.

Let's also not forget the 58,000 soldiers we lost. The South Vietnamese lost 243,748. Republic of Korea lost 4,407. Australia and New Zealand (combined) lost 469. Thailand lost 351. South Vietnamese civilian dead was 300,000.

The Vietnam People's Army and NLF (combined) lost 666,000. North Vietnamese civilian fatalities - 65,000.

These numbers don't include the tens of thousands killed in the Cambodian civil war or the 1.7 - 3 million killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Hmmm.... where exactly did you get the 3.5 million Vietnamese number? Maybe your thinking of Pol Pot in Cambodia. You can't blame the US for that. The US had left.

I just read your update. John Kerry was there. Al Gore was there. John McCain was there. I don't think you should ask John McCain to apologise after being tortured by the NV.

Interesting you don't think the NV should apologise for their massacres or torture of captured soldiers.

Answer 6

Well, that is something that can't be blamed on him. He evaded the draft and didn't kill anybody and he wasn't involved in any of the decisions. The history of the Vietnam war will tell you that we was ask in after the French give up and we sent a few advisers during the Eisenhower administration. Kennedy sent a few more and Johnson went ape ****. But bottom line we were ask in by the government at the time and the things that happened after that was just war. We lost many people and many people were tortured and held captive for years in that war. Many pow/mia's are not accounted for even today. So, my opinion is no, he should not apologize for our role in the war.

Answer 7

Yes.

Bush did not do anything himself as observed. But Bush represents a nation. A nation that touts itself as the champion of human rights. A nation that claims to promote freedom , free will, and good ness through out the universe.

Though a bit far fetched, I would point similar incidend that happend way back in the history , and recently the british goverments have refused to apologize for that incident , even though the govt's own inquiry reached the conclusion that it was a British Genral who was at fault.

Answer 8

Yes America should apologise for the War in Vietnam. It should apologise to itself. Its government and military should apologise for taking its citizens and sending them into a war zone where they made exactly the same mistakes costing lives that the French had made ten years earlier. America learned nothing. As usual.

Doesnt history repeat itself so well?

Answer 9

Our soldiers were not allowed to shoot unless they were fired upon. There were about 58,000 American casualties during the war and thousands who committed suicide afterwards due to severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is not counting those who have survived PTSD and physical impairments that suffered for the rest of their lives.

There are the horror stories of Vietnamese strapping grenades to children to go out to meet the soldiers who came into their towns. Massacres? Many of our soldiers were massacred by this means and by snipers.

How dare you say we should apologize?

Answer 10

No.

BTW, the study of Agent Orange has been proven bogus as a sceintifically valid study. Please know your facts and history before you demonize America.

The My Lai massacre is bad, but hardly worse than having napalm peel your skin off with liquid fire while you writhe in agony. I vote for napalm being the worst weapon. However, napalm was used to target forests, not villages. Anyone caught in the forest when we bombed is collatoral damage....much like the fire bombings of Kyoto and Tokyo in ww2.

Answer 11

Just stop it. The individuals involved in the Mi Lai incident were punished shortly after it happened. Your hatred for this one icon is making you blind and appear foolish. Bush is no better, no worse, no more corrupt than any other President or politician, they are all thieving liars, you delude yourself into thinking that YOUR particular candidate is going to somehow save you. They are not interested in your situation unless you can do something to further their needs and wants. Want to make a difference? Campaign for a viable 3rd party.