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BBC — News Eddie Adams’ iconic Vietnam War photo: What happened next

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The BBC attempts to whitewash a murder. Warning: This story includes Adams' photo of the moment of the shooting, and graphic descriptions of it. It was an execution but war justified it, you see.The article laments that the murder's career was (almost) destroyed by it.Reminiscent of the many years of British colonialism, and why the Brits became hated even by their close neighbors, the Irish, who were also colonized. (Disclosure: I inculcated in the details of this as a child by the Irish side of my family.)But the West is civilized, right? And Great Britain was the birthplace of liberalism as the foundation of the "Free World."Inquiring minds wonder why this story was planted now.BBC NewsEddie Adams' iconic Vietnam War photo: What happened next

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The BBC attempts to whitewash a murder.
Warning: This story includes Adams' photo of the moment of the shooting, and graphic descriptions of it.
It was an execution but war justified it, you see.

The article laments that the murder's career was (almost) destroyed by it.

Reminiscent of the many years of British colonialism, and why the Brits became hated even by their close neighbors, the Irish, who were also colonized. (Disclosure: I inculcated in the details of this as a child by the Irish side of my family.)

But the West is civilized, right? And Great Britain was the birthplace of liberalism as the foundation of the "Free World."

Inquiring minds wonder why this story was planted now.

BBC News
Eddie Adams' iconic Vietnam War photo: What happened next


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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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