The confession came as another member of the unit said the innocents were shot on purpose. For the record, I choose to believe Kerrey because I have known him to be an honorable person. But there is a larger point here that goes beyond this episode. It should remind us of the awful burden that young people carry into war where they not only risk their lives, but find that every value they hold is tested. Only as a last resort, only when all else has failed, should we ever put our young people in such a position.
War is no movie and there is little good to be said about it.
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