i just met vietnam veteran

I just met a Vietnam Veteran, what a sick man.All he could talk about was the past. His experiences were
frightening. According to him torture was normal, he
said they use to cut there fingers off joint by joint the
furthest he saw a Viet- Cong last was their middle
finger. Standard procedure . Dont talk , no fingers. He
reckons once the press was censored it was free for
all. He is writing a book, his fellow vets reckon it is
aout time somebody told the truth. I felt uncomfortable
listening to this. Our conversation started about
torture by Americans in Iraq.I liked the man.