Comments on: 1968: Nguyen Van Lem http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/01/1968-nguyen-van-lem/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:59:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jack Sprain http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/01/1968-nguyen-van-lem/#comment-12190 Jack Sprain Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:29:25 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2160#comment-12190 There was no war crime here, however shocking the action may have been. A combatant in war, as Lem was, is required under the laws of war to fight in a clearly recognizable uniform. Lem was waging war in ordinary clothing, for the purposes of not being recognized as a combatant. Under the laws of war, such a combatant has no rights under the Geneva Convention or any other protocol. They can be summarily shot if the captor so chooses. And so they chose. There was no war crime here, however shocking the action may have been. A combatant in war, as Lem was, is required under the laws of war to fight in a clearly recognizable uniform. Lem was waging war in ordinary clothing, for the purposes of not being recognized as a combatant. Under the laws of war, such a combatant has no rights under the Geneva Convention or any other protocol. They can be summarily shot if the captor so chooses. And so they chose.

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s Second Annual Report: Once Bitten, Twice Die http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/01/1968-nguyen-van-lem/#comment-11967 ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s Second Annual Report: Once Bitten, Twice Die Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:43:45 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2160#comment-11967 [...] Isaac Newton which was guest-blogged by the author of a recent book about the case February 2009: Nguyen Van Lem, the Viet Cong summarily executed in a famous Vietnam War photo and newsreel January 2009: Ted [...] [...] Isaac Newton which was guest-blogged by the author of a recent book about the case February 2009: Nguyen Van Lem, the Viet Cong summarily executed in a famous Vietnam War photo and newsreel January 2009: Ted [...]

]]> By: Ed http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/01/1968-nguyen-van-lem/#comment-11289 Ed Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:20:53 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2160#comment-11289 War is stupid, when will man accept this and refuse to go off to fight for some rich jerks. War is stupid, when will man accept this and refuse to go off to fight for some rich jerks.

]]> By: jun http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/01/1968-nguyen-van-lem/#comment-6385 jun Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:35:03 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2160#comment-6385 Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan should have been tried for war crimes. Just why did the story come out that Nguyen Van Lem (the Vietcong captive) was a murderous person? I suppose that these are only the words of the general in defense of himself specially when his American neighborhood learned of his real identity. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan should have been tried for war crimes. Just why did the story come out that Nguyen Van Lem (the Vietcong captive) was a murderous person? I suppose that these are only the words of the general in defense of himself specially when his American neighborhood learned of his real identity.

]]> By: Brian http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/01/1968-nguyen-van-lem/#comment-4233 Brian Fri, 01 May 2009 18:26:20 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2160#comment-4233 Yes, this photogaph is power full, but a photograph is like a book. One has to read the whole book to understand it. The executed individual was a Viet Cong member. The Viet Cong did one thing and one thing only, which was to murder innocent members of the legitimate government of South Vietnam. Yes, this photogaph is power full, but a photograph is like a book. One has to read the whole book to understand it. The executed individual was a Viet Cong member. The Viet Cong did one thing and one thing only, which was to murder innocent members of the legitimate government of South Vietnam.

]]> By: Headsman http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/01/1968-nguyen-van-lem/#comment-3526 Headsman Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:28:14 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2160#comment-3526 It's an amazing composition; that just makes its spontaneity so much more remarkable. This would be a completely different picture if the executioner's chest and/or the prisoner's back faced the camera. It’s an amazing composition; that just makes its spontaneity so much more remarkable.

This would be a completely different picture if the executioner’s chest and/or the prisoner’s back faced the camera.

]]> By: Major Lemon http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/01/1968-nguyen-van-lem/#comment-3520 Major Lemon Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:52:49 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2160#comment-3520 War sadly is war, whether you photograph it or you don't photograph it. War sadly is war, whether you photograph it or you don’t photograph it.

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