New de-classified information shows Vietnam atrocities wide spread

[ballz2wallz]

Originally Posted by motivez

I doubt many people who are still alive and suffered at the hands of the Nazi's would feel the same way about letting them be.

it's hard to say...

the way i see it, it's not financially worth it if these people are only going to live a yr or so in jail.

[motivez]

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

are you saying these same things about the people in iraq getting in trouble for murder and rape of iraqi civilians?

Yes. I've said that pretty consistantly when the question has arisen in threads we have taken.

I don't think those people are "bad people" for the most part. They grew up here, had friends, went to school, graduated, decided to persue a career in service of this country, etc..

I wonder whether or not they're simply incapable of dealing with the stresses of war that they had to endure..

That said, we can't allow crimes like that to go unpunished, because they're illegal, immoral, and wrong. We should give them every benefit of the doubt and allow them a trial, find out whether or not it was mental instability, etc, but ultimately, they should be punished if there aren't circumstances that absolve them from wrongdoing.