Word: medinae
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...Bailey said yesterday, "Capt. Medina would have been damned either way, whether Calley had won or lost. Since he lost, people are saying. 'Let's get Medina now.' If he had won, it would have been because he was following an order which Medina supposedly gave...
...This case could in a way have the significance of Nuremberg. Certainly, if the government's case against Capt. Medina is based on his role as commander, then Nuremberg will be coming back to haunt us," Bailey added...
Bailey said that it was unclear whether the government would charge in its case that Medina had actually ordered the killings at My Lai, or merely that, as a commander, Medina had responsibility for the actions of Calley and his platoon...
...Medina said that the moral standards established by the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal should apply to victors as well as losers and that "they can't stop at the rank of lieutenant or even of captain...
...Medina quickly added that he believed the atrocities at My Lai to be "isolated incidents," and that he was not advocating the punishment of his superior officers who have already been exonerated...