Realist: You are not very realistic. You state many historical inaccuracies. Much of your presentation is based on old Marxist propaganda which was designed to deceive and mislead. Historical revisionism is not an uncommon trend, but certainly can be harmful. I will briefly address one example of yours:
The USA v American Indians: The European colonists who landed in North America were the minority, and often overwhelmed by some tribes. Indian tribes were not all alike. Some were peaceful farmers, and held similar values of land ownership as the Europeans. Some were warrior tribes, and would kill anything they found, including fellow Indians. Some held that all the land belongs to all the people. Some allied themselves with the Europeans to get help to fight other tribes. Eventually, as the Europeans kept arriving and settling, they formed governments that eventually united and became the USA. In time the USA had to deal with Indian wars. The USA did break many treaties, most in fact. Indians also did terrible things, like butcher women and children, burning homes and farms, and making life hell for peaceful European settlers. The USA Army also butchered Indians, including women and children. This is a terrible spot in history with many sides to the story. Eventually, Indians were moved onto Reservations that became smaller and smaller. As an American I am not proud of my ancestors in general or how they treated the Indians. I am also not heppy with how many Indians treated innocent European settlers and expansion. BOTH sides did wrong and both did right. However, that era ended 100 years ago, and has nothing to do with the current American generation and its dealings with Iraq. Using it now is a red herring.
Use of History: Of course history should give us lessons. But in time mistakes of nations need to be forgiven and forgotten, that is, not forever hung around their necks. Recently, I used German history of the Nazis in another discussion, and one poster felt I was being inflammatory. To me, the Nazi past is still a little too recent in German history, and it was far worse than anything any nation has done, save the Soviet Union's killing of millions more than the Nazis did. But the poster who objected to my citing the Nazis has a point, in that in time, maybe another 10 to 20 years, we will no longer have a legimate basis to cite the Nazis with the then contemporary Germany. By then every last member of that old generation will be dead, and Germans need to live this piece of history down. I think the USA has pretty much lived down its history with the Indians ... and, its history with them was no where near as evil as that between the Nazis and Jews. Rather, the Indians were a much more mixed issue, some having long standing good realations with Europeans, and some were evil. Whereas the Jews were entirely innocent, helpless, and the Nazis were entirely evil.