BBCNEWS HARDtalk April 11, 2017
By american forces, the record hasnt always been that good. My guest today flew into the middle of the My Lai Massacre in vietnam in 1968 and stopped the wholesale slaughter of vietnamese civilians. It was more than 30 years before anybody even bothered to say thank you. Has the us military now learned the lessons it should have done from vietnam . Hugh thompson, a very warm welcome to the programme. Thank you very much. When you hear allegations of brutality by us troops in iraq, failure to respect the Geneva Conventions, what goes through your mind . Bad leadership. The past and my situation...