Comments on: 'Something Dark and Bloody': What Happened at My Lai? http://www.historynet.com/something-dark-and-bloody-what-happened-at-my-lai.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Fri, 24 May 2013 15:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Key http://www.historynet.com/something-dark-and-bloody-what-happened-at-my-lai.htm#comment-829457 John Key Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:18:36 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13686147#comment-829457 They came, they saw, they raped pillaged and murdered. The American way? now what for these people? compensation? which will not erase what happened that day but due consideration is a must as for these spineless grunts may the fleas from a thousand camels infest your under pants They came, they saw, they raped pillaged and murdered. The American way? now what for these people? compensation? which will not erase what happened that day but due consideration is a must as for these spineless grunts may the fleas from a thousand camels infest your under pants

]]> By: Stegosaurus http://www.historynet.com/something-dark-and-bloody-what-happened-at-my-lai.htm#comment-825187 Stegosaurus Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:50:39 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13686147#comment-825187 I flew 3 tours as a fighter pilot in Vietnam, so perhaps I don't have a grunt's perspective. But Charlie Company's actions were inexcusable. The essence of the military is DISCIPLINE - and their actions were totally undisciplined. They all should have served either life or very long sentences and the higher commanders, who covered it up should have been cashiered and jailed also. Yes, I am totally aware that atrocities happen in war - we routinely shot German POWs in WWII, for example. But the fact that atrocities happen doesn't make them OK. A good commander won't allow his troops to stay in combat to the extent that they lose their sense of discipline. I flew 3 tours as a fighter pilot in Vietnam, so perhaps I don't have a grunt's perspective. But Charlie Company's actions were inexcusable. The essence of the military is DISCIPLINE – and their actions were totally undisciplined. They all should have served either life or very long sentences and the higher commanders, who covered it up should have been cashiered and jailed also.

Yes, I am totally aware that atrocities happen in war – we routinely shot German POWs in WWII, for example. But the fact that atrocities happen doesn't make them OK. A good commander won't allow his troops to stay in combat to the extent that they lose their sense of discipline.

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