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You raise some good points, and of course there are few universal truths especially if it descends to the individual. No country is without its haters. Certainly my Uncle, who only visited Germany from a height of 20,000 feet whilst dropping bombs on it, never ever forgave them and was always incredibly rude if we ever met any. He had more reason than most perhaps, as did many during the second world war, and you can't force someone to forgive. I'm British, and many in the world don't like us much, and with some reason.
But considering the global hatred against Germany 80 years, I still maintain that most people accept that things are different today, as do the Vietnamese against America, and perhaps against Russia who used them for the proxy war. Perception's not fixed, of course. Global views towards Russia have shifted dramatically within two short years.
But I chose my racists phrase carefully. If someone hates someone for their country, that is the very definition of racism. "Racism is prejudice or hostility towards a person's race, colour, language, nationality, or national or ethnic origin." I don't think it's possible to argue against that someone's racist in that situation.
Notably, things aren't different, except for Germany going back to committing atrocities outside of Europe.
This is hilarious. The USSR literally helped Vietnam (and many other countries) in their war for liberation against you. By your logic, every struggle against your colonialism is a 'proxy war'.
Also notably not because westerners care about invasions.
Also, whose views outside of the European genocidal powers changed on the matter?
Against me? I think you're assuming incorrectly.
Against you, plural. Given that you are trying to whitewash the gang of colonial metropoles that is NATO, you, singular, should be included.
Or do you need to be reminded of your actions in Asia, Africa, and the Americas?
Yep, you're a loon.
It's amazing how much people like you just up and deny the last few centuries worth of history of colonialism and slavery. I wonder if you know how states like Pissrael and the US came about, or what 'Lebensraum' was, or who owned India in the early 20th century, etc., or if you are just playing dumb?