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To: TimF who wrote (146481)	4/26/2002 11:28:31 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1571405

They might deserve different levels of punishment, and they might respond to various incentives and disincentives differently. Agreed. By "war criminal", the thought that occurred to me was in the nature of a Nazi war criminal. I find the differences between these people and terrorists to be existent but immaterial. On the other hand, I suspect I know personally "war criminals" who fought in VietNam; but I don't see their actions as being on par with those of terrorists and Nazi war criminals. "War Criminals" are an interesting subject. Having lived through the Vietnam era (but not having been in the military), I can see how fundamentally decent people can become "war criminals" overnight. I guess you see so much stuff it sort of starts to seem "normal" to you. I'm sure each war has its own set of stories. But I think the My Lai incident crystalized the concept of "war crimes" in different light for me.