To so many people in the world we are villains and bullies who come to exploit and force our will on others. To injured people of other nations carried to the USNS Comfort we are heroes and angels. The hospital ships represent the best of what our nation can do.
Both views can be true at the same time.
The world is not like Aristotle's logic demonstrations with everything divided neatly into black and white and nothing in between.
It is more like shades of gray with lots of fuzzy bits driven into in Chaotic turbulence.
Anyhow, I do agree. The hospital ships and field medical teams are truly heroic.
It is also a surprise how much we owe to Dr Norman Bethune for starting the idea.