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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGoodbye Billy
Good riddance.
Bothwell documents that there wasnt a war the U.S. was involved in that Rev. Graham couldnt bless. In fact, he reveals that during the horrific Vietnam conflict, (1959-75), he had urged the then-President, Richard M. Nixon, to bomb North Vietnam! In a 13-page letter, that Rev. Graham had forwarded to the White House in April, 1969, it was stated: There are tens of thousands of North Vietnamese defectors to bomb and invade the North. Why should all the fighting be in the South?
Especially let them bomb the dikes which could over night destroy the economy of North Vietnam. Mr. Bothwell underscored that such a military action against the dikes, a huge complex of earthworks, would probably kill a million people and wipe out an already poor nations agricultural system He added that the advice in Grahams transmittal fell on receptive ears. Not longer after, Nixon moved the air war north and west.
There is more. After the deadly Kent State U. affair, (May 4, 1970), where four students, who were protesting the Nixon-Henry Kissinger-inspired bombing of Cambodia, were killed by Ohios National Guard troops, Rev. Graham invited the mostly unbalanced Nixon to address his crusade. It was held in Knoxville, TN. While parents of the students were still grieving and burying their dead, Rev. Graham shamelessly shilled: All Americans may not agree with the decision a president makesbut he is our president
There is more. After the deadly Kent State U. affair, (May 4, 1970), where four students, who were protesting the Nixon-Henry Kissinger-inspired bombing of Cambodia, were killed by Ohios National Guard troops, Rev. Graham invited the mostly unbalanced Nixon to address his crusade. It was held in Knoxville, TN. While parents of the students were still grieving and burying their dead, Rev. Graham shamelessly shilled: All Americans may not agree with the decision a president makesbut he is our president
When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out, in 1967 against the war in a sermon at the Riverside Church in NYC, Rev. Graham, jumped right in and tagged his criticism as an affront to the thousands of loyal Negro troops who are in Vietnam. When Dr. King marched for Civil Rights in Selma, Alabama, Rev. Graham was no where to be found. And, after Dr. King was gunned down in Memphis, TN, he couldnt be bothered to attend his funeral either.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2007/09/27/a-prince-of-war-exposed/
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Goodbye Billy (Original Post)
SHRED
Feb 2018
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ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)1. Like You Said. Good Riddance
To bad rubbish. A charlatan of the first order.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)3. He provided spiritual cover for RW warmongers
I'm catching flak elsewhere online "too soon".
Fuck that. I'm with the millions of dead he provided cover to kill.
ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)5. You And Me Both
He was slimy. Grandpa like and charming enough to fool millions, but that did not make the slime wash off.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)2. I'm dancing a jig of remorse. (n/t)
csziggy
(34,136 posts)4. There are certain people whose funerals should include this song