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**BrianGoldsmith** · 08-26-2009, 03:56 PM

As far as Calley goes, if he had been hung in front of his battalion at parade like any military taking dicipline seriously would have done, there would be far less of these problems.

Your response indicates that either you are naive or you are trolling. Remember that the charges were delayed initially by the attempted coverup. Many battalion members would be new since those events. This hanging would have resulted in an outright mutiny with the level of violence determined by how armed the battalion was at the event (no weapons, weapons but only selected ammo, or weapons and ammo). The army was gradually coming apart at the seams in terms of discipline and morale. Further the news coverage would have been completely unacceptable to the higher commanders.

Punishing the LT proves to the troops that discipline applies to everyone. Killing him tells the troops their commanders are insanely out of control. Many of the draftees believed that anyway.

08-26-2009, 03:56 PM	#18
BrianGoldsmith Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	As far as Calley goes, if he had been hung in front of his battalion at parade like any military taking dicipline seriously would have done, there would be far less of these problems. Your response indicates that either you are naive or you are trolling. Remember that the charges were delayed initially by the attempted coverup. Many battalion members would be new since those events. This hanging would have resulted in an outright mutiny with the level of violence determined by how armed the battalion was at the event (no weapons, weapons but only selected ammo, or weapons and ammo). The army was gradually coming apart at the seams in terms of discipline and morale. Further the news coverage would have been completely unacceptable to the higher commanders. Punishing the LT proves to the troops that discipline applies to everyone. Killing him tells the troops their commanders are insanely out of control. Many of the draftees believed that anyway.
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