Argumentative Essay On My Lai Massacre

The U.S. people said that the civilians were all gone and moved therefore they were all killed. The u.s. U.S.ed the cheapest weapon that caused the most damage and it was very effective(History 7). The u.s. lied to the Troops about civilians to kill them they were told all of the innocent civilians were evacuated in the enemy was the only ones left(Cherries). The convinced and said that all Vietnamese men, women, and children we're all monsters(David). “We were told not to worry about the killing they said they would cover it up(United)”.
The U.S. infantrymen locked down the Vietnamese people and kill them off after they got what they needed or wanted. (GL11) “An area inhabited by 17,000 people with 70% destroyed with no warning to the residents of the village(Erwin 66). “I do not agree with the proposition that the massacre at My Lai is the result of self-deception. I would even say to regard every man, woman, and child what happened in My Lai were not accidents(Erwin 110).” ”Three boats it was 10 at night they were unloading their boats. And we open fired on them. it seemed like no one ran out of ammo daylight game we found out we killed a lot of fishermen and their kids(David 144).” “Some people say Carly was an incompetent officer, but incompetence is no excuse, nor is IQ. nothing is an excuse for …show more content…
American soldiers were trialled for genocide and manslaughter, and the worse sentence was only months. (GL 13) “Well, what happened to the guys at Malay? One guy goes to prison for 4 and 1/2 months. Now, how many other people are there that admitted on camera to shooting 25 people and weren't even prosecuted(David 173)? More often than not the United States veterans release with no Chargers(Cherries). Many of the men knew that they should have been sentence for something none of them were guilty but they were told plead guilty to be free( Cherries). Many of the u.s. soldiers spent time in a cell but no one ever got sentenced for