I was old enough to know what was happening during Vietnam, and put in a lot of time and energy opposing that war, too. In Berkeley, in those days...

But I was saying today that even My Lai was more comprehensible than this. I couldn't excuse Calley, but thought some of the troops probably were so stressed and terrified that they weren't behaving rationally, and must have hated themselves ever since.

But the military police in Iraq weren't in the same situation as the My Lai Americans--this was done in much colder blood, with no excuse of fear or PTSD. This was calculated evil. And these weren't raw draftees, were they--I am guessing that MP's have been in the military for a while.

Thanks for leading me to ginmar. She's really interesting. I think I should friend her for the education I"ll get views.