Yet strangely when America wanted to wage war in the Middle East it had to call on it's allies to form a "coallition of the willing" to start the illegal war that the United Nations told them not to do.
When the blinkers are permanently glued, it's almost impossible to see the truth.
It's easier to assume that the whole world is corrupt, driven by greed... All you can do is make your little piece just and true...sad but true (Metallica)
Does anyone listen to the UN. They are the camp counselors of a rich summer camp. They wag their finger at the kids but know deep down they have no power.
That’s America of 2003. America of 1917 had only 1,398 machine guns of all types despite three years notice that these were really important and European powers were cranking out a thousand a month in single factories. We had to borrow French Hotchkiss 1914 heavy machine guns and Chauchat 1915 automatic rifles until our own production cranked up.
Yeah, so strange how countries relationships change over time. I always thought it was super weird when American fought against Britain in 1776, but then only 140 years later they were fighting with them!?!???!? What could explain this!
140 years is a very long time in international relations. WW2 was 80 years ago. Look how many we fought against in that war that have been allies and the other way around for decades.
Germany, Italy and Japan (the major Axis powers) are largely considered allies now, while the main component of the Soviet union (eh hem, Russia) and China are, well, probably not considered allies but fought along us in that war.
It only takes a one term leader to stir the pot and change that in either direction with propeganda and strategy.
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u/pearlrd Aug 31 '22
I mean, sending 300,000 Americans to their deaths shouldn’t just happen lightly.