The United States (not exceptionally so) has often casually committed war crimes in public. I mean, this was a huge argument during the Vietnam war protests an

The United States (not exceptionally so) has often casually committed war crimes in public. I mean, this was a huge argument during the Vietnam war protests and the Iraq war protests when the Bush administration elevated the use of torture. I'm not saying don't be mad, in fact I'm saying be madder! But thousands of innocent victims of past American wars, are wondering when America was the good guy. The framing is pure propaganda, I think to make people less mad and soften the blow of criticizing America.