On left in photo, Chinese student stands in front of military tank in Tiananmen Sq in Beijing, June 5, 1989. He was lauded by US Pres Geeorge HW Bush as a brave, courageous hero, causing tank to stop. On right, USA Vietnam veteran sits in front of military train in California, Sept. 1, 1987 (21 months earlier). It was hauling weapons to illegally arm Pres Reagan’s terrorists in Nicaragua & El Salvador. This man was condemned by Pres Reagan & his FBI as a terrorist threat, & military officials ordered train to accelerate & run over, nearly murdering him, taking both his legs & fracturing his skull.
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Brian: this was EXACTLY the contrast I gave to friends many years ago regarding how the military of both countries treated their civilians. If we dipped into Western TV archives, we would’ve also learned that the PLA was attacked by a number of dissidents before tanks rolled in, wounding and perhaps causing the deaths of a number of people (about 40, from my sources), whereas in the Kwangju massacre it was in the thousands. That does NOT excuse the Bejing government but it does expose the hypocrisy of the West.
Good job, and keep it up.
In the Land of The Free you can get away with doing this sort of thing? Wow!
Here in New Zealand there’d be hell to pay …
Oops. By the above I meant driving trains over guys, I didn’t mean posting such.
With such freedoms you Americans must be very proud.