Ask an American older than 35 if East Germany was good or bad. Nearly all of them will say "bad"; and if you ask them why, most will probably say "well they shot people trying to cross over the Berlin wall!"

Okay. In the 28 years the wall was up, 140 people were killed trying to cross it. Not great of course, but this is what most Americans give the GDR a blanket indictment for.

For perspective, the CIA blew up a boat in the harbor of Havana that was carrying guns to the Cubans after the revolution. This explosion killed over 100 people. Ask Americans if THAT was ok, and I'm sure they'll justify it with "muh DoMiNo ThEoRy!!!"

Of course there's countless other American actions with much higher body counts, just trying to think of one of a similar to scope to what we indict other countries for.