Attention wokes : Ignore Afghans, Iraqis, Syrians, Palestinians etc. They deserve their fate
I dont believe in reparations or historic vendettas. What your or other ancestors did in the past , no matter how horrific, should not have bearing on what the type of person you are today. Some like the descendents of Hitler (on his sisters side) disagree and they have vowed not to have any more children lest whatever wicked gene they percieve what responsible for this actions would be propagated. Rather silly since Hitler wasnt really an objectionable individual in his youth. The turning point in his life when he discovered that Germany had lost WWI while recovering from his wounds on that battlefield which sent him into a state of semi psychosis from which he arguably never recovered. One thing I do believe in and do not object to is - karma. A country or people can recover from the evils their ancestors have commited if they repent and endure grief . Buddha stated that there is no greater punishment or hell for an evil man than when he is undergoing the trauma of guilt ...