Precisely- there are so many comparisons between our latest two desert wars and Vietnam: **the enemy's uniform is civilian clothing. We wear the uniform of an organized military and are forced to conduct ourselves like fucking saints or risk being thrown into the bring forever.** I think the My Lai massacre was partially justified. The civilians are put into a hard spot- threatened into silence by the VC. But they still have the choice of whether or not they could inform the US troops that "You're about to walk into an ambush over there, VC came here last night and threatened us, planted mines here and there, and now they're waiting for you just beyond the treeline." When they withhold that information... aren't they partially responsible for any casualties inflicted in said ambush? This is what was on the mind of most infantrymen in 'Nam that spent a lot of time in the field/bush. Never know who to trust, you do know that the locals distrust you simply because you're a foreign soldier invading their lands. During invasions, there must be a certain degree of brutality enacted on the locals if they show *any* sign of hostility or resistance. This is the nature of war. Otherwise, you have children of villages running off to inform resistance fighters of the invader's movements, disposition, etc..