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Genocide has been a frequent practice for thousands of years, ever since the standard social unit was the tribe and one tribe would massacre another. Whole populations have been "put to the sword". The Americas are probably the largest single area, but if you really knew your history it would seem just as wild that Europeans and others around the world have forgotten about this.
Americans were straight up humane in their genocide vs. historical examples. Hell, I'd say Israel is doing worse today, not even pretending to make treaties, move people about, nothing.
Sure... Gaza is worse off that Hiroshima and Nagasaki!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties
The Israel-Hamas war has less than 0.003% of the casualties the US inflicted on Vietnam. That's not to say the Israel-Hamas War isn't a bad thing (all wars are) but just trying to snap you back from historical revisionism.