". . . , until our people cower in the shelters of New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles and elsewhere while the buildings collapse overhead and burst into flames, and dead bodies hurtle about and, when it is over for the day or the night, emerge in the rubble to find some of their dear ones mangled, their homes gone, their hospitals, churches, schools demolished-only after that gruesome experience will we realize what we are inflicting on the people of Indochina . . ." -- William Shier, in 1973.

Did 9-11 help you understand the murders and acts of terrorism America has perpetrated on the people of other countries? Will you never forget those atrocities?

Napalm bombs explode on Viet Cong structures south of Saigon in the Republic of Vietnam. 1965

U.S. planes bomb Vietnam

Kim Phuc

Kim Phuc, the little girl in the center of the photo above, was one of the survivors of the napalm attack on her village. Many years later she described her experience:





“I remember I was nine years old, just a child. That night we heard the Viet Cong were coming and that they wanted to use the village. And then in the daytime, the soldiers came in and there was fighting.

“We were so scared. I remember my family decided to seek refuge in the temple, the pagoda, because we thought it was a holy place. We could seek refuge there and we could be safe. I did not hear the explosion but I saw the fire around me.

“And suddenly my clothes were burnt off by fire. I saw the fire over my body and especially my arm. I remember at that moment I thought I would be ugly, and not normal like other children.

“I was so scared because I did not see anyone around me. Just fire and smoke. I was crying and I was running out of the fire and the miracle was my feet were not burned. I kept running and running and running.

“My parents could not get past the fire, so they turned back to the temple and they sheltered there.

“My aunt and two cousins died. One was three years old and one just nine months — two babies.

“After that I passed out.”