This got me wondering if anyone had compiled a list of US atrocities. Not that such a list could ever be comprehensive, but you know, at least a greatest hits sort of list. I know there was that copypasta going around for a while with the names of a bunch of US atrocities, but I wanted something more "scholarly" to be able to send to the very kind of people OP is describing in the title.
After a very quick search I found this one: https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md
which seems like just the kind of thing I was looking for,
And this one: http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/CIAtimeline.html
For just some of the CIA-specific evils. Though I don't know anything about the authors or their motivations, the lists themselves seem pretty good at first glance.
If anyone else still reading this thread has others, I'd wouldn't mind if you shared.
Yeah, I should have included that link too, but didn't because it was limited to "war time" atrocities and didn't include stuff like US-perpetrated coups in South America, etc. etc.. But for the specific purposes I was asking about, sending info to disbelieving libs, wikipedia seems like it should make for an excellent source. And damn, that really is shocking that the talk page isn't more infested.
This got me wondering if anyone had compiled a list of US atrocities. Not that such a list could ever be comprehensive, but you know, at least a greatest hits sort of list. I know there was that copypasta going around for a while with the names of a bunch of US atrocities, but I wanted something more "scholarly" to be able to send to the very kind of people OP is describing in the title.
After a very quick search I found this one: https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md which seems like just the kind of thing I was looking for,
And this one: http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/CIAtimeline.html For just some of the CIA-specific evils. Though I don't know anything about the authors or their motivations, the lists themselves seem pretty good at first glance.
If anyone else still reading this thread has others, I'd wouldn't mind if you shared.
I'm surprised that there's a list of US war crimes page on wikipedia. and even more shocked that the talk page isnt a complete cesspool
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes
Yeah, I should have included that link too, but didn't because it was limited to "war time" atrocities and didn't include stuff like US-perpetrated coups in South America, etc. etc.. But for the specific purposes I was asking about, sending info to disbelieving libs, wikipedia seems like it should make for an excellent source. And damn, that really is shocking that the talk page isn't more infested.
The book "Killing Hope" by William Blum is really good as a history of US foreign interventions since WW2.
Thank you, I'll check it out.