this is about president Richard M. Nixon.
2007-05-13 08:08:14 · 4 answers · asked by snickers 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Calley was following orders. HIs superiors should have been serving time rather than him
2007-05-13 08:20:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Im sure You mean sentence, if thats the case, i think he served enough time. I think that slaughter, that he was involved in, or ordered his soldiers to commit, I believe
happened due to the pressures, especially of that war, most
of those guys were high on drugs, to be able to handle it, Then there was the fear of them getting killed, alot of people in the viet Nam war were killed by traps, snipers, people that they considered friendly.. There was no front line in that war, alot of it was hit and run. hard to fight a war like that..
What about nixon? and this case?. I believe it was possibly a case of trying to survive, and possible overreaction by the soldiers... IN no way do I think that it was right..
2007-05-13 15:30:33 · answer #2 · answered by Dragon'sFire 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow - I haven't thought about that in a LONG time. I don't think the man should have been in jail at all. He did what he was ordered to do; war is nasty business, and he was simply a person caught up in it. The notion that he was the only one was and is ridiculous.
2007-05-13 15:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but then again there should've been more officers court-martialed as well. We were suppose to be better than the VC & this incident showed the world we sometimes weren't. You can make an excuse saying: "well they had been taking fire etc." but this STILL didn't excuse their actions. When you can't tell who is the enemy it does make it harder to carry out operations.
2007-05-13 15:22:41 · answer #4 · answered by infidel-louie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋