"The Romans, who crucified Jesus and slaughtered Christians in the amphitheatre ..."
"The Protestants, who murdered Catholic Priests by hanging, drawing and quartering .."
"The Russians, who threatened America with nuclear annihilation ..."
To interpret these statements as other than condemnations of malfeasant leadership (possibly supported by the rabble) is idiocy.
Just as interpreting those verses to be aimed at individuals and not to a group is idiocy.