That's where the power in the "communism killed 100 million people" lie comes from. Because if by it's nature, communism kills a lot, then we're justified in killing a couple million in Vietnam because Uncle Ho would have killed ten times that.
The 100 million number was absolutely a CIA op, and a very effective one at that.
Yup, that's exactly the point. Make communism synonymous with the worst thing that can happen to a country, lube up that slippery slope to the point where "maybe we should have child labor laws" = communism, and pretty soon you're destroying a village in order to save it (from communism).
That's where the power in the "communism killed 100 million people" lie comes from. Because if by it's nature, communism kills a lot, then we're justified in killing a couple million in Vietnam because Uncle Ho would have killed ten times that.
The 100 million number was absolutely a CIA op, and a very effective one at that.
Yup, that's exactly the point. Make communism synonymous with the worst thing that can happen to a country, lube up that slippery slope to the point where "maybe we should have child labor laws" = communism, and pretty soon you're destroying a village in order to save it (from communism).