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You seem to be missing my point . . .
Odin — (archived)

. . . which is that communism wasn't a monolithic scourge sweeping across the globe. In the early Sixties, the Chinese called the Soviets a worse imperialist threat than the West. A communist Vietnam wasn't a threat to the United States.

I'm curious. If you believe the U.S. was justified in murdering and terrorizing communists in other countries, do you think murdering and terrorizing American communists is morally acceptable?

"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [i.e., securing inherent and inalienable rights, with powers derived from the consent of the governed], it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." --Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence, 1776. ME 1:29, Papers 1:315

If you disagree with Jefferson and the principle of self-determination America was founded on, what principle do you advocate in its place?

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