Re:Hidden Away for 28 Years, Tiananmen Protest Pictures See ...
by sqeaky on Thursday June 01, 2017 @06:12PM
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It is hard to know about all of the US incidents abroad that are fucked, because there are so many of them, and we make no attempt to hide them at an institutional level. (Other than those made during already classified operations, but those get out eventually because using classification to cover up mistakes/crimes is generally a much more serious crime)
In school I learned about Japanese internment during WWII, The 3/5ths compromise and the trail of tears, and a dozen other US atrocities. I hear about drone strikes against weddings in the news.
The point is there is no institutional censorship stopping me from learning about this stuff, like there is in China with regards to Tienanmen Square.
I think the very best example of this (major, shocking news event unknown internally by US citizens) is the Iran Air flight 655 incident, wherein a US Navy cruiser shot a civilian airliner out of the sky, killing 290 passengers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
This airplane was flying in Iranian airspace. The Navy cruiser was in Iranian territorial waters.
You don't run into too many people in the US that know about this ...