Why do Americans hide this war, is it because of the propaganda and the need to show that they are the good guys?

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” #citizen kane - And where did you get these claims? From the people who are running your favorite American administration. Doesn’t that make you think? Can a regime change justify the murder of millions of people? Would it be fine then if the Iraqis nuked Washington to kill your administration?”

“#1000000 Iranians were killed in the Iraq - Iran War from 1980 - 1990 by US backed and financed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. It is ironic the US tried Saddam for the same crimes it was an ally to and more ironic that it financed and backed Saddam to topple the democratically elected Iraqi government.”

I am unable to see anything which might have hinted that Saddam was a democratically elected leader. Perhaps in your haste to make an outrageous contradiction, you chose to argue against a non-existent argument.

Example 1: 100000 civilians in Guatemala (1954), mostly the Mayans perished in the US organised coup to overthrow the popular Jacobo Arbenz. Reason was given as Arbenz’s close ties and friendliness with USSR and to improve the living standard of the Guatemalans.

Response: I can’t comment on this because I have no expert knowledge concerning that event in Guatemala (although I wouldn’t be surprised if the CIA attempted to replace one ruler for one more favorable to the U.S) I have lived in Guatemala for a short time; the Guatemalan people and government consider the U.S government allies at this time..
 
Example 2: 600000 people died in bombings by USA on peasants and their fields in Cambodia (1973)…. Many historians agree that Cambodia is the most bombed country in history and they did not have any credible air of land defence to protect themselves.

Response: The numbers are generally agreed to be anywhere from ~500,000 to ~800,000 people killed. The Communist Khmer Rouge were gaining power and attempting to topple the then current government and seize power. The U.S started a bombing campaign in Cambodia to disrupt known Viet Cong bases and supply lines that were running through Cambodia and Laos. Many monsters were at work in this region of the world and it clear that the Khmer Rouge was at the top of the heap as far as monsters are concerned. If you don’t who the Khmer Rouge is– Google The Khmer Rouge + genocide.
 
Example 3: 1000000 Iranians were killed in the Iraq - Iran War from 1980 - 1990 by US backed and financed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. It is ironic the US tried Saddam for the same crimes it was an ally to and more ironic that it financed and backed Saddam to topple the democratically elected Iraqi government.

Response: Iran was a U.S ally up until the late 1970’s. Iran was overthrown and became enemies with the U.S (the same government is in power to this day). The U.S then started to back Iraq and Saddam Hussein throughout the 1980’s in order to maintain influence in the region (just like Russia and China are doing today). Saddam Hussein and members of his regime were tried with crimes against humanity for using biological weapons to kill the Kurds in the late 1980’s (1987 I believe). Saddam Hussein was NOT democratically elected! The very sentence is absurd. Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator.
 
Example 4: During end of Vietnam war (1975), US was defeated and it failed to put its choice of government into power against the people’s choice - Ho Chi Minh. To avenge the defeat and death of its 58022 killed soldiers, it released several million tons of Agent Orange and Napalm bombs which killed at least 2500000 Vietnamese civilians. The sanctions and blockades forced by US killed an additional minimum of 1.5 million people.

Response: The Vietnam conflict formally ended in 1975. Agent Orange is a herbicide that was used to defoil the jungle making it more navigable. Furthermore, Agent Orange was used from 1961-1971; it was not used in retaliation! The harmful side effects of Agent Orange were probably discovered in the mid-1970’s and an official study on the subject ended in the late 1980’s. Several lawsuits were filed (and won) against the government and the makers of the chemical before and after the study. Sanctions and blockades by the U.S killed 1.5 million people? Prove it.
 
One more note about Vietnam. I sincerely believe we indeed took the wrong side in Vietnam. The U.S should have sided with Ho Chi Minh and ousted the French. Ho Chi Minh asked the U.S for help; the U.S declined. Ho Chi Minh was forced to get help elsewhere–and did, the Communists. Ho Chi Minh himself stated that Communism was but a means to achieve Vietnam’s independence–as odd as it may sound, I don’t think he had much choice in the matter.

Example 5: 1200000 children died in Iraq between 1990 - 1997 as a result of US and UK led sanctions against medicine and food supplied to Iraq after the gulf war and also because of bio-chemical weapons used on Iraqis - according to World Food Program and UNICEF reports.

Response: Has everyone forgotten the corruption as it relates to UN’s former secretary Kofi Annan’s son with Iraq’s Oil for Food Program? The real monster was Saddam and corrupt UN officials. Look it up for yourself!