Cub Driver wrote:

:He's gone so far as to say that such behavior was widespread, that it
:was a matter of policy, and that it was known to officers at all levels,
:implying that it was condoned as a normal matter.
:
:In The New Soldier, he specifically criticizes the trial of Lt Calley,
:arguing that at My Lai 4 Calley was only doing what he was expected to
:do.

And he's got a valid point. The investigation there, if investigation
there was to be, should have started with the commanding general of
Americal Division and worked its way down, not started with some poor
lieutenant and failed to work its way up.

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