What would YOU do????

Mission: Kill the enemy in a nearby village
Situatuion: You get to the village at dawn and are scared out of you mind. You don't want to be here, you are not a fighter, but you got drafted...sucks for you. You get to the village and a little 7 year-old boy comes out of a hut with a gun pointed right at you. He aims and gets ready to fire........What do you do????? Do you kill a little boy, that is about to kill you? It's you or him....which do you chose....YOU or HIM?????

Soliders were called "baby killers" at the end of the war, but were the soliders actions justified.......or not?

Kiowa's Death

I know that this is far back in the book but I felt that it was never discussed as it should be. As we all know Kiowa dies a very gruesome death in a field of crap. How would you feel if you let your comrade slip away like Norman Bowker did? Do you think that the solders looked hard enough or gave up to early searching for his body? How would you feel if you died that way?

To those of you who have finished the book!

Do you think that O'briens treatment of the medic who nearly let him die is justifiable? Do you think that you would be able to forgive and forget when someone's mistake nearly costed you your own life?

You surprise me...

Odd, given your response to Dimmesdale, Gregor, John...and others...you guys area all big on responsibility...doesn't a god, or God for the matter, have a certain responsibility to himself and his creation? Did VF EVER really admit he was responsible for his creation's well-being as well as its (his) actions?

Is there ever an excuse

We know that constant exposure to fear and violence can make people do horrible things, but can we--as civilized humans--ever excuse atrocities, even if committed in moments of passion? How do we handle war crimes?

What do you guys think about Henry Dobbins still wrapping his girlfriend's pantyhose around his neck, even after she broke up with him? Does it symbolize or represent the way the soldiers clung to memories and things from home to comfort them, or is it just creepy?