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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

Perhaps I should have left out "Vietnam," but my main point was to compare this Haditha episode to that of Mai Lai;

No reason to leave out Vietnam because this is how 1966 Vietnam was ongoing. Meanwhile others have no problem noting a relationship between these massacres and My Lai. From the NY Times of 2 Jun 2006:

Mr. McCain, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for more than five years, said the incident harked back to the My Lai massacre during the war in Vietnam. He added, "It certainly is harmful, but I can't assess the extent of the damage."

We had to burn the village to save it.