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Originally Posted by Red Ice Player
Suit yourself. It was called "imperialism" which was practiced by the US, Great Britain, France,Germany,Spain,Belgium,The Netherlands,Japan, and any other nation which acquired colonies over the last few centuries. Why should Spielberg need to explain this? This miniseries, like Band of Brothers, is about the horror of war and how it affected those tasked with fighting it. Were these men any less brave because they came from countries with questionable foreign policies? Other than blind hatred of all things American, I don't understand your argument.
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You're not actually condoning colonialism are you? Are you familiar with the American occupation of the The Philippines? It wasn't a bunch of men traipsing around the jungle in pith helmets taming savages. (Btw, I would add Canada to your list of Colonial powers. The prairies were as much a colony as India or Jamaica). I guess my argument is why should I watch a show about Americans fighting a war against a nation that did exactly the same thing America did 40 years earlier.