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tankboy posted...

Indeed, it is virtually impossible to conduct war against a homogenous population without meeting the UN definition of genocide. The Vietnam War would certainly be considered such.

Even on a non "this is technically the UN definition of genocide" argument though. We literally dropped more bombs on that tiny country than we did in all WW2. We sprayed cancer causing chemicals everywhere designed to destroy the environment and people indiscriminately, and invaded TWO neighboring countries to try to kill people fleeing from what we were doing to them. This easily clears the bar for genocide.

This isn't actually a contest though. I'm not trying to say one is as bad/worse than the other. But the parallels are there. When people say things like "what if the civil rights movement waited" that misses the context of the circumstances. There wasn't ever going to be a "safe time" for people to demand equality for themselves.

But so the saying goes, help yourself before you try to help others. It applies on a macro level as well. If you can't even prevent your own country from being taken over by Nazis, you're certainly not going to be able to stop Nazis 5000 miles away.