Is Vietnam equal to what happened in Nazi Germany? Have we owned our shame [View All]

[Robin Hood]

I don't think that America as a country has fully confronted it's criminal past in Vietnam. We killed over 3 million Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. Hitler killed 6 million jewish peoples during his war/ethnic cleansing. So what's the difference other than numbers?

Both thought that they were fighting a just cause, The jews, The commies, But both committed genocide in the process. The difference is that at least Germany has owned up to their shame, where as America never has and most likely never will.

All of the post Vietnam war movies never really examined the Vietnamese perspective, it was all about our hardships and our loss. Much like today, 9/11 is invoked with heavy hearts with phrases like "The worst day in American history" etc. But no one seems to care about all the innocence that we have killed in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, no one!! Except us here on DU. But the rest of the nation could give a flying crap.

When you look at our past/current foreign "policies". You will see that the world does not hate us because of our freedom. They hate us for being bloody mass murderers without consciousness. They fear us.

When will America own it's shame? When will we quit living in a state of denial over the genocide that we have committed?