I do not make excuses for what the US did/does, I acknowledge it. Nor do I minimize what it has done or is doing because others have done similar/worse. It is you who singles out US and Western Europe as bad, and make excuses for everyone else.
Eastern Europe is also "complicit", Eastern Europe countries have committed genocide and ethnic cleansing, and have continued to do so even recently.
The entire middle east is "complicit", and it is currently paying for the sins of 1200 years of empire that only ended 100 years ago.
Maybe you come from a small country that has never been part of an empire or has never been "complicit" in such crimes, but has been historically suppressed and taken advantage of. If so, I sympathize. I come from a combination of people who have been enslaved for centuries and people who have been historically kept under apartheid, ethnically cleansed, or simply killed for who they are.
Am I "complicit" ? My parents and ancestors certainly were not. Maybe I am simply for living in the US and enjoying its benefits. I do have to live somewhere.
Eastern Europe is also "complicit", Eastern Europe countries have committed genocide and ethnic cleansing, and have continued to do so even recently.
The entire middle east is "complicit", and it is currently paying for the sins of 1200 years of empire that only ended 100 years ago.
Maybe you come from a small country that has never been part of an empire or has never been "complicit" in such crimes, but has been historically suppressed and taken advantage of. If so, I sympathize. I come from a combination of people who have been enslaved for centuries and people who have been historically kept under apartheid, ethnically cleansed, or simply killed for who they are.
Am I "complicit" ? My parents and ancestors certainly were not. Maybe I am simply for living in the US and enjoying its benefits. I do have to live somewhere.