16B - do you know what we did in Kenya in the 50s to try to retain Empire? South Africa? Who invented concentration camps?
We civilised (or westernised?) native peoples of many lands certainly, but the only motivation was for our material benefit be it economic or military, not some philanthropism.
Questioning the past and actions of those is quite different from remembering those who gave their lives for our freedom. There is always room for analysis and improvement, just as in every debrief after every flight, from the one where rated a 0 to the ones where rated 6.