Johnny, terrific article about the mental gymnastics people will employ to avoid the disgraceful periods of U.S. history. There is not a nation today that does have a period of atrocious acts that should make them ashamed. Some nations like Germany embrace those despicable periods and confront them so they will not happen again. Other nations like Japan, Turkey and the U.S. deny and deflect because to admit moral failures is to smash the fantasy image of their moral superiority.