I cannot imagine going through what the soldiers at Mai Lai did. I don't feel I can say anything about them because who knows what any of us would have done in that situation. You're probably thinking...I would never have killed anybody like that, but I'm sure most of those soldiers would have said the same thing had they been watching something that happened in the past like we just did. So who knows.
This isn't really on the subject of Mai Lai, but the comment was made about society becoming more violent. I don't think this is true at all. There were numerous historical acts of violence that took place that we're probably not aware of. I think the reason it seems society is becoming more violent is because everything is reported on television, internet, radio, etc.