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I don't know Jason, I would have to agree with Whitney on this one. When we see Ron in Vietnam, right before the shootings, he is starting his second tour of duty. It is hard to believe that after already spending a year in the conflict, Ron would not have experienced chaotic confusion, the murder of innocent civilians and the savagery that characterized the war. According to Phillip Caputo, who was also a marine during the early period of conflict , in "Rumor of War," soldiers were fast introduced to the ruthlessness of the war. Soldiers realized pretty quickly that they would receive no mercy, so chose to present very little themselves. I am not saying the Kovic had become a ruthless killer, but that he would not have been so naive to that kind of warfare. ~Juliann Boyles | I don't know Jason, I would have to agree with Whitney on this one. When we see Ron in Vietnam, right before the shootings, he is starting his second tour of duty. It is hard to believe that after already spending a year in the conflict, Ron would not have experienced chaotic confusion, the murder of innocent civilians and the savagery that characterized the war. According to Phillip Caputo, who was also a marine during the early period of conflict , in "Rumor of War," soldiers were fast introduced to the ruthlessness of the war. Soldiers realized pretty quickly that they would receive no mercy, so chose to present very little themselves. I am not saying the Kovic had become a ruthless killer, but that he would not have been so naive to that kind of warfare. ~Juliann Boyles | ||
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| + | I thought they were more shocked to find that they were being fired at than the fact that they killed innocent peolple. It was also accurate for soldiers to disobey orders, act on their own, and do as they please. -James Drury | ||
Gotta agree with Jason here, this was not some situation where they were going in to suppress some village, nor was this some "revenge" mission, they thought the VC were there in force, and upon seeing nobody in the hut was armed of course they would be upset. I doubt one tour of duty would suddenly turn Kovic into some heartless baby killing machine.-Bryan Mull | Gotta agree with Jason here, this was not some situation where they were going in to suppress some village, nor was this some "revenge" mission, they thought the VC were there in force, and upon seeing nobody in the hut was armed of course they would be upset. I doubt one tour of duty would suddenly turn Kovic into some heartless baby killing machine.-Bryan Mull | ||
