Obama restores rank of disgraced Vietnam general

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Source: AP (via HuffPo)

WASHINGTON — More than 30 years after his death, an Air Force general has been exonerated of charges that he violated presidential restrictions on aerial bombing during the Vietnam War and that he ordered the falsification of records to conceal the missions.

John D. Lavelle was forced to retire in April 1972 at the rank of major general – two stars below the rank he held as commander of air operations in Vietnam – after being relieved of duty for ordering unauthorized airstrikes against North Vietnamese military targets.

He maintained his innocence during congressional hearings held after his dismissal.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100804/us-us-vietnam-general/

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1. Good

Lavelle was ordered by Kissinger, and that's why he couldn't prove his objections. This has been an ongoing disgrace for many years now. By the way, the war criminal Henry Kissinger is directly responsible for at least 17,000 deaths behind *this* campaign alone.

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2. Kissinger, another one who got away clean.

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3. He was bad news to the bone. n/t

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4. +1