America has done more good then bad over the course of history.

Very nice Pro. This shall be an interesting debate. Now for my opening arguments. America, while has done much good in history, has done much more terrible, and awful things. From slavery, and killing innocents in war, to genocide, war crimes. Despite how much good America has done over its course of history, it does not excuse the atrocities it has committed. I start off my argument with slavery and discrimination. America is very infamous with its slave history. America was in a time of enslaving African American people from the early 1600's to the mid-late 1800's. Slaves would be starved, beaten, whipped, raped, and much more by their overseers. It wouldn't be until 1865 when slavery would be abolished, however, even then African American people were still not treated like any other person. They faced discrimination and segregation. They would be treated as lesser people. Having their own schools, bathrooms, water fountains, even their own place on the bus. They would also deal with lynching, and racial attacks. This would last until the 1950's to the mid 1960's, the civil rights movement, where segregation and discrimination was put to an end, and African Americans finally got all the same rights as any other person. Now I would like for the audience to think about this as they read it. African Americans, had to deal with slavery, segregation, discrimination, oppression, racial attacks, and lynching, from the 1600's, all the way down till the mid 1960's. That is a LONG time, and a LOT of history. "In the South, an estimated two or three blacks were lynched each week in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In Mississippi alone, 500 blacks were lynched from the 1800's to 1955. Nationwide, the figure climbed to nearly 5,000." Next, I would like to talk about killing innocent people in war, war crimes. America is known to have a Nazi-like army behavior. I will add some links to pictures below to show some examples of soldiers embracing Nazism by having SS on their gear, and kneeling in front of a SS flag, etc. This should back up my claim and be evidence as to what US soldiers are doing in Afghanistan and Iraq. Soldiers have been known to wipe out family's, killing innocent women, and children. One of the most infamous examples, would be the My Lai Massacre. Here American soldiers, shot and killed around 300-500 innocent and unarmed civilians. Not only this but women were gang raped and bodies were mutilated. This is not the only time US soldiers have done such behavior. Another example would be the Haditha killings, where 24 Iraqi men, women, and children, were massacred. All of them unarmed. There is also many videos on YouTube, where US soldiers are terrorizing unarmed people, killing animals, bullying children, and much more. One video will be linked, that shows all of these. Lets not forget the Kandahar massacre, and to the audience, if you go to Google, and type in something as simple as "US Soldiers killing civilians", you will find many graphic pictures of US soldiers posing and smiling with bodies of deceased unarmed civilians, men, women, and children. Disgusting acts of the US military. Now are all US soldiers like this? No. I am aware of that. However as you can see, just from our history, what our soldiers are doing today is nothing new. It has been going on since the Vietnam war. My last argument will be about America committing genocide. One of the most infamous acts in American history would be the Indian removal act. This is where you hear about the Trail of Tears, where 2,000-6,000 Native Americans died, being forced out of their land. It would only be a matter of time, ti'll we stole all of the entire country from the Native Americans. To this day, we continue to steal land. Now who was responsible for the Indian removal act? US President Andrew Jackson and the US Congress. "In his December 8, 1829, First Annual Message to Congress, Jackson advocated land west of the Mississippi River be set aside for Indian tribes. Congress had been developing its own Indian relocation bill, and Jackson had many supporters in both the Senate and House who agreed with his goal. On May 26, 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, and Jackson signed it into law." "Traveling through bad weather and without proper clothing, at least 4,000 Cherokee died on the trail." This is the most well known, and the perhaps even the darkest event in American History. America has indeed done some great things in the past. However it does not excuse the bad things it has done. It does not overlap them either. America's past it to not be forgotten. America is responsible for genocide, slavery, war crimes, etc. America is not the super hero country as many make it out to be. Sources: Slavery, civil rights, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org... https://en.wikipedia.org... https://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.pbs.org... Killing innocents https://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.pbs.org... http://http://www.u-s-history.com... https://en.wikipedia.org... https://en.wikipedia.org... Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.42explore2.com... https://en.wikipedia.org... Extras: Pics of soldiers embracing Nazism http://i.telegraph.co.uk... http://img.gawkerassets.com... US Troops in Iraq (WARNING: Graphic)