« I thought about the “decency” and “good faith” when recalling my
own first experiences as a young reporter in Vietnam: watching
hypnotically as the skin fell off
Napalmed peasant children like old parchment, and the ladders of bombs
that left trees petrified and festooned with human flesh. General
William Westmoreland, the American commander, referred to people as
“termites”. »
(IMAGE: Australian War Memorial)
