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To: unclewest who wrote (116217)	10/5/2003 12:21:49 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 281500

I won't argue any of that. My point was simply that occasionally US soldiers commit war crimes. It is NOT their usual modus operandi. I do suspect that knowledge and consent in the My Lai instances extended above Lt. Calley. A scapegoat was needed when the matter became public. He won the selection.

To: unclewest who wrote (116217)	10/5/2003 12:43:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Unclewest, how about Osama and the Bali Bombers get the same sentence as William Calley and then we could call it even? Admittedly, Osama wiped out a bigger town, but the Bali Bombers wiped out only a similar number to My Lai, so it's about right. Maybe Vietnamese are worth less than Ozzies and Kiwis so the sentence should be more for Bali. On the other hand, the French terrorists who killed the photographer on the Rainbow Warrior got a minimal sentence, so Portugese and Greenpeace people aren't worth much either. Maybe there could be an international market and just as pollution credits are traded, genocidal and other murderous attack punishments could be swapped. Get Poindexter on the case. His market in terrorist attacks is a similar thing. Mqurice