3 answers אשמנו מכל עם

We say in the Selichos אשמנו מכל עם We are the guiltiest of all nations. Are we ח"ו worse than the Crusades, Nazis, Hamas ימ"ש etc.?   1) אשמנו מכל עם - We are the guiltiest of all nations doesn't mean we are Ch"v the evilest. We have תרי"ג מצוות and they have only seven. We are guilty for more עבירות in numbers. Their עבירות & crimes are million fold worse than ours(אמבצי ) 2) אשמנו מכל עם- is not part of the וידוי it is pleading with Hashem that we are being punished as if we were Ch"v the worst nation. (R. Zalman Sorotzkin zt"l) 3) אשמנו - our sins, מכל עם- is the fault of all the nations. They are the cause of our sins. (R LY. Barditchever zt"l)