The Most Misunderstood Picture In The World

[skinnypig74]

Wow! I’ve seen that photo, but how interesting to know the story behind it! Thanks for posting this!

[LyndseyLouWho]

Yep! He deserved that bullet!

[Bletch]

Originally Posted by LyndseyLouWho

Yep! He deserved that bullet!

10 times over

[k-riz]

Originally Posted by Xploit Machine

South Vietnam National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes suspected Viet Cong member Nguyen Van Lem, on the streets of Saigon on the second day of the Tet Offensive in 1968. - Eddie Adams @ AP

Exactly proves the point.

Eddie Adams isn’t wrong with his caption. But imagine if it was “executes suspected woman and child killer.”

Paints a completely different perspective, and I agree with the previous post - much like our mainstream media that doesn’t ever tell the complete story, but rather in a way that will make you believe a certain agenda. And yes, both you “leftists” and “right wings” are guilty of this.

[PatriceIs60]

Originally Posted by Pink_spyder

You know the picture-but do you know the REAL story behind it???

Thank you for the explanation. I remember seeing this during the war. I thought until I just saw the video that the General was a monster killing a man for no reason.. Now that I know the real story the only minster was the babby killer he shot.

[PatriceIs60]

Originally Posted by k-riz

Exactly proves the point.

Eddie Adams isn’t wrong with his caption. But imagine if it was “executes suspected woman and child killer.”

Paints a completely different perspective, and I agree with the previous post - much like our mainstream media that doesn’t ever tell the complete story, but rather in a way that will make you believe a certain agenda. And yes, both you “leftists” and “right wings” are guilty of this.

I call it Corporate Media

[PatriceIs60]

Originally Posted by jsmlove

What doesn't make sense to me is that if it was a justified killing for a serial killer, why didn't the General or whoever try to get the true story out? If the general or anyone was more vocal about telling the truth behind the story, wouldn't more people have heard and then not hate the guy?

I don't know if you were alive during the War. Things were different. The General most likely wanted to forget about the war. It was really a bad time. We marched against the war, we hated it. Wow, how was he recognized? Decades later

[PatriceIs60]

Originally Posted by Pink_spyder

You know the picture-but do you know the REAL story behind it???

Thank you for the explanation. I remember seeing this during the war. I thought until I just saw the video that the General was a monster killing a man for no reason.. Now that I know the real story the only minster was the babby killer he shot.