Should be mandatory in US-schools

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2019)

This movie should be a mandatory view for Americans growing up, with an introduction by a teacher, asking them to imagine that THEY are the Vietnamese and some foreign country invaded them for no good reason, mistreating and abusing them.
As far as I know, the U.S. hasn't apologized until today for what they did in Vietnam, in Japan, in pretty much all their wars.
Unlike most American war movies, Platoon stands out for not whitewashing U.S. atrocities and showing things a little more the way they were. Sure, you can imagine that those young grunts were emotional, tired, upset. They were thrown into a war they had no piece in. But it is so easy to forget the other side when you might feel angry at U.S. casualties.
I am not from the U.S., so I might be biased. But I really think America needs more movies like this with the proper explanation to make them realize how much pain and suffering they have caused to others, always thinking it was for some greater good while really it's just a case of cultural arrogance.