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> The commander he fought is still living in “the birthplace of the revolution,” though all his family were killed in the U.S. attack that “savaged” his town, killing 30,000 of its 75,000 people, 26,000 of them civilians. Nor does #Hackworth hide his contempt for the U.S. leaders who “thought bombs could beat a people’s hunger for independence” and their “lack of moral courage.”.. no #McNamaraStyle imbecilities about how “The South Vietnamese are beginning to hit... “mistaken optimism,” McNamara now concludes..
Newsweek, Nov. 22, 1993...
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