History-(Vietnam)

Summary : This is a 4-page in History . The has 1 source and is in MLA format . The gives the opinions about different questions asked in the book

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My Lai Massacre

In my opinion the soldiers killed the civilians only on direct or in confusion of being them an enemy , but they are also accountable for what they have done because they have moral personal choice . But many of them who refused to kill the civilians did not do anything to stop the killing , which

could also be considered a crime . As well as dozens of women were raped on gunpoint during the operation and there is not justification for this heinous crime . So those involved in rape and killing are responsible for their deeds according to the International Law . According to Nuremburg Principle any soldier acting under the s of his superior is not relieved from his deeds provided a moral choice was available for him (Olson Roberts , 34 . As well as according to the Geneva Convention of the war prisoners were allowed to be executed without any fair trial . The 9 rules given to each soldier was to remind them their duty in this regard . It is quite clear that despite all the fear and confusion that arose during the time of operation most soldiers did not attempt to kill the civilians on purpose . We should keep in mind the pre-operation mental and moral condition of the soldiers as well . They were all extremely tensed and fearful of an elusive and unseen enemy . Their past few months in the northern part of the province have been a horrible experience . They have lost several of their comrades and were frustrated because of the elusive nature of the enemy . They have thought themselves singled out for the most dangerous job which had raised their frustration to a dangerous limit . The paranoia and fear have made them believe that most of the civilians were loyal to the Vietcong gorillas and thus they have equal status . But despite all this anger , hatred and disregard towards the local populace they did not attempted to kill the civilians unless they were directly ed by their superiors . Most of them actually herded most of the civilians to a single place where they were later executed . Most members of Charlie Company who actually committed the execution of the civilians recalled Lieutenant William Calley ing them to kill them and Calley himself recalled his officer Captain Medina to finish the civilians of and station his troops where they were supposed to be (Olson Roberts , 15-23

In my opinion the government of United States holds the direct and indirect responsibly of the horrible My Lai massacre though those soldiers and officers involved in deliberate execution of unarmed civilians should also be accounted for it . It was the United States who government who put her soldiers in that painstaking and it deliberately let the higher command frustration to be released...