Viewing last 25 versions of post by BlitztheDragon in topic Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

[@SleepySteve](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5463022#post_5463022)

I mean, the photo - while powerful - does lack context.

https://medium.com/history-through-the-lens/the-saigon-execution-da8f16c2366#:~:text=The%20image%20shows%20the%20South,Prize%20for%20Spot%20News%20Photography.

While I'm not arguing that South Vietnam were "the good guys" in this conflict, using this photo to disprove it isn't the best way to go about it.

Edited to add: For full disclosure, I will concede that at least one historian - Edwin Moise - believes that the allegations that the Viet Cong officer being shot in the photo was responsible for the murder of an entire family was a postwar fabrication and that "the truth may never be known."

[@SleepySteve](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5463022#post_5463022)

I mean, the photo - while powerful - does lack context.

https://medium.com/history-through-the-lens/the-saigon-execution-da8f16c2366#:~:text=The%20image%20shows%20the%20South,Prize%20for%20Spot%20News%20Photography.

While I'm not arguing that South Vietnam were "the good guys" in this conflict, using this photo to disprove it isn't the best way to go about it.

Edited to add: For full disclosure, I will concede that at least one historian - Edwin Moise - believes that the allegations that the Viet Cong officer being shot in the photos was responsible for the murder of an entire family was a postwar fabrication and that "the truth may never be known."

[@SleepySteve](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5463022#post_5463022)

I mean, the photo - while powerful - does lack context.

https://medium.com/history-through-the-lens/the-saigon-execution-da8f16c2366#:~:text=The%20image%20shows%20the%20South,Prize%20for%20Spot%20News%20Photography.

While I'm not arguing that South Vietnam were "the good guys" in this conflict, using this photo to disprove it isn't the best way to go about it.

Edited to add: For full disclosure, I will concede that at least one historian - Edwin Moise - believes that the allegations that the Viet Cong officer being shot in the photos was responsible for the murder of an entire family was a postwar fabrication.