Letters, Apr. 26, 1971

Victors and Vanquished

Sir: the howls of outrage emanating from the American people at Lieut. Galley's sentence [April 12] seem to indicate that Americans are not willing to do unto themselves as they did unto the Germans and the Japanese. America has a moral obligation to judge her own as she has judged others in the past. Or are the norms to be different for the victors and the vanquished?

SANJOY SHOME Flin Flon, Manitoba

Sir: How can the Army, an organization that trains people to kill, condemn Lieut. Galley for murder?...

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