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In reply to Roderick T. Long. “Mr. Calley polarized Americans who variously deemed him a war criminal or a scapegoat, a mass murderer or an inexperienced officer made to take the fall for the actions of his superiors.” Why not both? LikeLike

Bonus item: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/sean-grayson-misconduct-sonya-massey-death/index.html Because there’s always a bonus item. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. By Harrison Smith,  Emily Langer,  Brian Murphy and  Adam Bernstein July 29, 2024 at 7:38 p.m. EDT William L. Calley Jr., a junior Army officer who became the only person convicted in connection wi…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. (Although I can make certain inferences from the URL ….) LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Alas, the program to which you link is immured behind a huuuge, beautiful Paywall. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. The program: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/29/william-calley-dead-my-lai-massacre/ LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Collateral damage is morally objectionable only when people we don’t like do it. Get with the program! LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Everyone around me has the fucking nerve to tell me that Hamas is embedded within the civilian population of Gaza, and that’s why the people of Gaza can be killed without qualms. For any cohort of corpses slaughtered…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “am now much more sympathetic than I previously was of the sort of unapologetically “non-neutral” activism practiced by the anti-Vietnam War campus activists of the 60s” Glad to have you with us. 😀 LikeLike