The Cornerstone of War Is Dehumanization: One My Lai a Month

by Reposted by Military Truth | May 7, 2018 | Atrocities and War Crimes, Research

Cornerstone of War Is Dehumanization: Repost of article by ROBERT C. KOEHLER FOR TRUTHOUT. “When somebody asks, ‘Why do you do it to a gook, why do you do this to people?’ your answer is, ‘So what, they’re just gooks, they’re not people. It doesn’t make any difference what you do to them; they’re not human.’
“And this thing is built into you,” Cpl. John Geymann testified almost 44 years ago at the Winter Soldier Investigation,