![]() ![]() There are no requirements in place for writers that they must represent all sides.ĭo yourself a favor and read about the Vietnam War. All in all, the average American soldier fighting in Vietnam was as much a victim as the people he was forced to shoot at, and the fact Haldeman chose to represent only one side of this does not make his story morally bankrupt. ![]() Disobeying orders on moral grounds means corporal punishment not reward. Entering the army, the soldier forfeits his life and choices to the decisions of officers. The majority of American soldiers were forced to go to war, and then forced to shoot at what they were instructed was the enemy in "normal" war scenarios. you must fight for your country whether you want to or not? For sure there were some atrocities committed by American soldiers against non-military Vietnamese in battle, but we must remember those situations were exceptions. Do you understand the idea of the military draft, i.e. It makes a lot of assumptions which ignores several key realities of the Vietnam War. ![]()
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