re: #457 FormerDirtDart

Sorry, but it takes a tremendous level of ignorance to suggest even the slightest similarity to My Lai

You may well be correct, but that is not the impression given by the articles I’ve read.

Let me translate a passage from the one I linked to, which is among the least “controversial”:

According to the child’s grandfather, Nawar-al-Awlaki was killed while she was at home with her mother. “A bullet hit her around 2:30 in the morning. Other children living in the same house were also killed.”

Nawar-al-Awlaki, known as Nora, was the daughter of US al-Qaeda leader Anwar-al-Awlaki, who was killed by a US strike in 2011.

The overall number of dead is estimated at 59 civilians according to Yemeni authorities, including 14 militants.

By “militantsa” I assume they mean “terrorists”.

While there were no gang rapes and mutilations here, according to wiki, 22 people were killed in My Lai; even subtracting the terrorists you’re talking about 45 dead civilians here.

Maybe the analogy isn’t correct, but you don’t seem to realize the impact on public opinion this is having.