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>The U.S. was imperfect too, of course, but most of the badness was non-policy like the My Lai massacre, or evil or wrong policies (e.g. segregation) which pale
by axguscbklp 7y ago
>The U.S. was imperfect too, of course, but most of the badness was non-policy like the My Lai massacre, or evil or wrong policies (e.g. segregation) which pale in comparison
I disagree. The biggest badness was support for murderous dictators and paramilitary groups in Iran (1953-1979), Chile (1973-1981), Iraq (at least from 1980-1988 or so), Nicaragua (during the 80s), and numerous other places. This was completely intentional, calculated policy that led to the death of thousands of people.
- vkou 7y agoI find it mildly amusing that the parent poster mentions the failed Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as one of an evil empire's many crimes, but in your counterpoints, the now-failed US invasion of Afghanistan is not brought up. (The Soviets had a great, ah, excuse for doing it - they were 'just' trying to combat religious extremism and terrorism... And were 'definitely' not playing balance-of-power games in the Middle East.)