Four Hours In My Lai (7of7)

Four Hours In My Lai (7of7)

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[krizzzju1980]

true lesson from this event is that normal people under extreme circumstances can turn into monsters. All the men who did this are guilty, but not more guilty than the people who put these men in that position.

[23skeedoo]

"it takes 20 years of living to make a man, 10 seconds of war to ruin him"

[6amsunrise]

What happened out there is horrible but nothing out of the ordinary for any war in history. The facts are that the US sought to minimize and prevent attacks on civilians while North Vietnam made attacks on civilians a centerpiece of its strategy. Americans who deliberately killed civilians received punishments and prison sentences while Communists who did so received commendations.

[amnah10000]

@krizzzju1980 Those that killed the innocent people are more guilty to me. NO ONE forced them to pull that trigger and kill innocent women and children.

[RonyMexico]

wonder if obama has watched this

powerful series? kinda don't think so

just saying

[Evenflowist314]

War is shit. No one wins.

[RonyMexico]

@krizzzju1980 amen to that

hopefully GOD cuts these guys

a little slack

[diramonsky]

Hate the "vietnamese" Americans on here thanking the Americans for the Vietnam war. Its easy to forgive them for things that weren't done to you personaly but to other people.

[urbanhedvall]

@2Phaktor I basically agree with you. But someone must be held responsible, but not these young people. they were drilled to obey the orders they got. The responsible were their leaders, who denied the vietnamese to decide their own destiny. Before the americans came the french looted the country completely. I feel sorry for you americans who are so hated in many places of the world because of their leaders.

[2Phaktor]

@urbanhedvall I will also add that it messed up that reparations were not provided for the people of this village. I have Vietnamese friends and never brought this up and it seems that this is still a taboo subject in regards to the conflicts in which the United States gets involved in. There will NEVER be peace as long as the people wish to remain quiet and enjoy the grossly limited freedoms they 'enjoy'. I will also underscore that these guys were teenagers and young adults.

[2Phaktor]

@urbanhedvall There is no need for me to blame anyone at this point. What happened in My Lai is something that has been a staple of wars fought throughout history. No country, culture, army, nation or general is exempt from that. It is a shame that this still goes on to this day, but the world power brokers have put young men in the position to do these things for over a century now. Sad but true. These young men were forced to go primal and had no idea of the ramifications as time goes on.