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4. That was my understanding, but who knows with this Court?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:04 PM
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Back story: as a 22 year-old, college graduate draftee in Army basic training in 1970, the question was raised as to whether or not Lt Calley should be court martialed for the My Lai massacre.

I raised my hand in the affirmative. I was in the minority. I was not judging his guilt or innocence. The Court Martial should do that.

But reading the room, the majority thought there should not have even been a judicial procedure.

The President says they’re bad guys. The public: it’s ok to kill them. Sometimes my fellow Americans scare the s**t out of me. We shall see.



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