The Chehaw Massacre: In the Spanish enclave of Florida, Army of the united States soldiers, under the command of Major General Andrew Jackson, attack a non-hostile village, and kill 50 men, women, and children.
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“You can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs.” Genocide is a nasty business, even when ‘authorized’ by a suitable authority; “Ordnung ist Ordnung, or orders are orders is an old, if not honorable, military ‘tradition.’ We hope you remember one of the few good things to come out of WWII, the Nuremberg Charter, for which the Allies hanged, shot and jailed hundreds of Nazis and Japanese Imperialists for not following a higher law than mere obedience, the Law of Humanity, the law that forbids killing except in self-defense. –– JL
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Native American Massacres – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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