And,
The USA was founded as a Christian country and has wandered away from its early godliness. Things were better in the old days. The genocide of millions of Native Americans, the enslavement of millions of Africans, the theft of nearly all its land from others, the intentional denial of legal rights to all non-male, non-white people, don't count.

The US military is not like other militaries. Rare atrocities are the result of "a few bad apples." As was the case with the 45,000 tortured Vietnamese. The fire-bombing and roasting alive of entire populations of German and Japanese cities. The mass exterminations of Moros in the Philippines. Like My Lai. Like Abu Ghraib. Like torture at G...

And,
The USA was founded as a Christian country and has wandered away from its early godliness. Things were better in the old days. The genocide of millions of Native Americans, the enslavement of millions of Africans, the theft of nearly all its land from others, the intentional denial of legal rights to all non-male, non-white people, don't count.

The US military is not like other militaries. Rare atrocities are the result of "a few bad apples." As was the case with the 45,000 tortured Vietnamese. The fire-bombing and roasting alive of entire populations of German and Japanese cities. The mass exterminations of Moros in the Philippines. Like My Lai. Like Abu Ghraib. Like torture at Gitmo.

The US is a great supporter of democracy. Except when it felled the Mossadegh government in Iran in '53. And the Arbenz government in Guatemala shortly after. And supported Allende, and trained secret police squads for S American governments. And propped up Saudi Arabia. And Saddam Hussein. And Osama Bin Laden. And pressured governments throughout Central and S America at gunpoint to concede to trade demands.