2006-06-07 10:00:53 · 17 answers · asked by muzyne 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Responsibiltiiy has to be shared. Everyone involved had a part.
I say both.
2006-06-07 10:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by BonesofaTeacher 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, it was carried out by miltary personnel, not according to official US or US military policy. So Lieut. Calley was responsible.
However, that does not mean the US Government was not in some ways also responsible. In law, an employer is usually responsible for what an employee does in carrying out his business. The US government was responsible for the training and supervision of the soldiers. The US government is responsible for making sure the soldiers aren't over-extended to the point of cracking. Furthermore, acts like these have ALWAYS followed in times of war, and so you have to accept these acts as the cost of war when deciding if the costs are worth it.
2006-06-07 10:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a complicatred question. I would say the ultimate responiblity is with the men who carried out the killings. However, you have to put yourself in their shoes. They didn't know who the enemy was most of the time. These guys would see their buddy get blown up or fall into a boobie-trap and know that someone in the nearby villiage was responsible but not know who. Therefore, I blame the government for putting the soldiers in such a bad situation.
2006-06-07 10:05:57 · answer #3 · answered by RudieCan't Fail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, in the overall view, the US government, which had us in Vietnam in the first place.
Military personnel carried out the massacre under the direct orders of Lt. Calley. However, the military brass and the government were complicit in trying to cover it up.
Is any of this sounding familiar?
2006-06-07 10:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find a dictionary. Look up genocide. It's "The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group." Realize big words don't make you inteligent and you need to learn more history FACTS. Then restate your question and get legit answers.
2006-06-07 10:54:18 · answer #5 · answered by Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a massacre not a genocide My Lai was a village not a country.
2006-06-07 21:53:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
military personelle - it was not committed by the entire government - it was one commander of one unit who took his power and let it go to his head. he took it upon himself to cause and execute this massacre.
by the way by definition it was not a genocide - a genocide is The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.
it was only the extermination of one village - not the entire race, nation or political group.
2006-06-07 10:03:28 · answer #7 · answered by Shopaholic Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lt William Calley was court marshalled for the murders.
2006-06-07 10:05:28 · answer #8 · answered by Hank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it truly is not any longer our "type of authorities" that is grow to be damaging yet how Obama is perverting and twisting it as a way to boost his personal agendas, i.e., having the IRS harass non-liberal agencies, turning the branch of Justice on the media to target to silence them, etc.,.
2016-12-06 11:41:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I don't know anything about what happened, and I don't feel like taking the time to worry about something that I can't change.
2006-06-07 10:03:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋