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> If you lived at the time of the wars in one of these countries you'd know very well who are the "good" and "bad" guys Yes it is easy to tell. The good guys a

> If you lived at the time of the wars in one of these countries you'd know very well who are the "good" and "bad" guys Yes it is easy to tell. The good guys are those on your side, and the bad guys are the guys on the other side. When your side kills civilians, it is really indirectly the fault of the bad guys for fighting and not surrendering. When the bad guys kills civilians it is because they have no regard for human life. When your side rapes it is just a few bad apples blown up by enemy propaganda. When the bad guys rapes it is because they are like evil animals. When your side perform ethnic cleansing it is an unfortunate but necessary step to preserve peace and safety for the good guys. When the bad guys perform ethnic cleansing it show they will murder everyone if they are not exterminated. Sure somtimes you will have the good guys inexplicable turn evil, like the rugged freedom-loving Mujahedeen suddenly turning into the evil Taliban, but just remember to examine the ideals they fight for to determine wheter they are good or evil today.

Roark66 3y ago
>Yes it is easy to tell. The good guys are those on your side, and the bad guys are the guys on the other side. If "your side" targets civilians on principle and has its written in its pamphlets it will continue to do so(or wants to "rid the earth of _insert-people-here_" your side is a bad one. As simple as that. Look at any war in Europe in last 100 years. At least one if not both sides will openly say one or both of the above. Distinguishing good vs evil is not that difficult. Most people learn the basics around 3 years old. But many regimes make it their priority to convince us words don't have concrete meanings and "everything is the same". No it isn't. Nazis using gas chambers on everyone that doesn't fit into their plan or Hamas slitting civilians and children's throats in Israel on purpose are not the same as combatants killing enemy soldiers. I could even excuse Hamas shooting their dumb rockets at Israeli civilians, if they made an argument they don't have better guided ones, and to have any hope of hitting a military target they have to cover an area, but they don't make such claims. In fact we all know if they had better targeting capability they'd attempt to target softer civilian targets like schools, churches etc (exactly like what Russia does in Ukraine). Not military ones. We don't have to imagine. They tell us themselves in their constitution. There is such a thing as a right and wrong and I explained how to distinguish one from another in the parent comment.
- bazoom42 3y ago
  Who was the “good guys” in the US-Vietnam war, according to your criteria? Is it really that easy to tell?

Roark66 3y ago

>Yes it is easy to tell. The good guys are those on your side, and the bad guys are the guys on the other side. If "your side" targets civilians on principle and has its written in its pamphlets it will continue to do so(or wants to "rid the earth of _insert-people-here_" your side is a bad one. As simple as that. Look at any war in Europe in last 100 years. At least one if not both sides will openly say one or both of the above. Distinguishing good vs evil is not that difficult. Most people learn the basics around 3 years old. But many regimes make it their priority to convince us words don't have concrete meanings and "everything is the same". No it isn't. Nazis using gas chambers on everyone that doesn't fit into their plan or Hamas slitting civilians and children's throats in Israel on purpose are not the same as combatants killing enemy soldiers. I could even excuse Hamas shooting their dumb rockets at Israeli civilians, if they made an argument they don't have better guided ones, and to have any hope of hitting a military target they have to cover an area, but they don't make such claims. In fact we all know if they had better targeting capability they'd attempt to target softer civilian targets like schools, churches etc (exactly like what Russia does in Ukraine). Not military ones. We don't have to imagine. They tell us themselves in their constitution. There is such a thing as a right and wrong and I explained how to distinguish one from another in the parent comment.

bazoom42 3y ago
Who was the “good guys” in the US-Vietnam war, according to your criteria? Is it really that easy to tell?