| | 02.03.01: Just War Theory and the Wars of the 20th Century |
 | | Calley’s claim to innocence rested on his contention that he was only carrying out the orders of Captain Ernest Medina, the company commander. |
 | | Witnesses generally agree that Medina did state that all of the inhabitants of My Lai were VC and ordered his men to leave nothing behind. |
 | | In addition, however, he only called for the killing of “enemies” which he defined as anyone “running from us, hiding from us, or who appeared to be the enemy.”28 These orders were dangerously ambiguous, but they did not specifically call for the killing of civilians. |
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