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Of course you have the right to question anything these days on the internet, my rant was meant for the deniers and doubters.
the first subliminal response of the American mind will be to question this factual war crime because of of the counter propaganda image that was created by the us government & then fed to them from day 0 throughout their lifetime.
This propaganda is spoon fed in video games, tv ads, tv shows, movies, sport event, …etc
No, I think most Americans think more along the lines of "Yes, we committed atrocities in Vietnam, but it was an unfortunate consequence of war, which is never pretty." Some McCarthy-aligned Americans would follow that up with "To make an omelette (stop communism) you need to crack some eggs (kill civilians)."
Maybe worth pointing out here that being a communist country doesn't seem to have done Vietnam much harm.
What you said is exactly what dehumanizing means. And that last part is just pure evil since it justifies annihilating humans for propaganda.
McCarthy types generally think that communism is evil, and their utilitarians believe doing Little Evil to fight Big Evil is completely acceptable.