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Robert D. McFadden | The New York Times
William Calley, Convicted of Mass Murder in My Lai Massacre, Dies at 80 – Hundreds of Vietnamese civilians died at the hands of American soldiers, but Lieutenant Calley was the only one found guilty. (last accessed on July 30.7.2024, 9.48, XNUMX:XNUMX a.m.; my readers can read the article free of charge).
“But in 2009, addressing a Kiwanis Club meeting in Columbus, he [William L. Calley Jr.] offered an apology.
'There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai,' he said. 'I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry.'”
On the death of Lieutenant William L. Calley Jr. reported Robert D. McFadden again about the events in My Lai on March 16, 1968.
This is a good example of what happens when you lower minimum standards. Calley should never have been a lieutenant, let alone a platoon commander.
Those responsible for the massacre are therefore those who made it possible for Calley to become an officer. Since the military is subject to the primacy of politics - something that was recently made clear to me once again by a professional politician - the politicians of that time should still be brought to justice today.
Today, the “primacy of politics” is understood only to mean that no one is responsible and that once “elected” people can do whatever they want.
And the "leveling" no longer knows any limits. Soon everyone will be allowed to drive a bus in Baden-Württemberg, because we have a shortage of bus drivers, just like we had a shortage of train drivers in Vietnam. It is only a matter of time before entire groups of children or pensioners are overrun.
