tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35317973.post3548288923614635261..comments2023-10-30T06:51:30.832-04:00Comments on LeDaro: William Calley and Abdel Magrahi case and International hypocrisyLeDarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35317973.post-36545020988213269132009-08-23T14:28:27.617-04:002009-08-23T14:28:27.617-04:00Fish, thank you buddy for the comment. I don’t dif...Fish, thank you buddy for the comment. I don’t differ with you that much as I did say that a guilty party in cases like these must be equally punished under an international law or civilized national laws. Something screwy did happen in the case of Calley as he was let go.<br /><br />Moreover, I should add that after the disintegration of USSR the only superpower left in the world is US and it can set good examples how it conducts itself nationally and internationally. It can only lead if it influences the world by the power of setting good examples and not by sheer power. It has set some horrible examples during Vietnam War and now in Iraq and Afghanistan – torture and mass murder indeed is not a good example.LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35317973.post-33258299613917832712009-08-23T13:02:59.871-04:002009-08-23T13:02:59.871-04:00Excellent post my friend, but we should make one i...Excellent post my friend, but we should make one important distinction, in fiarness to the U.S.<br /><br />Calley was put on trial and convicted. I'm not sure what the charges were (i.e. manslaughter, murder, etc.), or if the sentencing judge took any exigeant circumstances into consideration, but that is not my point.<br /><br />The point is that you cannot just expect the president of the U.S. to just throw him in jail. All you can ask for is that he be given a fair trial. If the trial judge made a mistake (which we both know never happens ;-)), then so be it.<br /><br />If it weren't for the fact that the army first tried to cover up the Mai Lai massacre, this incident could have served as an example of how civilized nations conduct themselves during wartime.<br /><br />As a general or leader of your country, you cannot help it if one or several of your soldiers go berzerk from wartime trauma and commit an atrocity, but you can see to it that they are prosecuted for their crimes. Too bad that was not the case for Mai lai. In fact, in that case there is no telling how far up the chain of cammand the orders came from.Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726265917958181039noreply@blogger.com