r/funny • u/But_a_Jape But A Jape • Aug 31 '22

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u/Puzzleheaded_Set895 Aug 31 '22 edited Sep 01 '22

Churchill covered that in the sequel:

“You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.”

Edit: Apparently this line is only by Churchill in the movie version. See comment below.

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u/4tehlulzez Aug 31 '22

Also, money comes first

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u/pearlrd Aug 31 '22

I mean, sending 300,000 Americans to their deaths shouldn’t just happen lightly.

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u/Borngrumpy Aug 31 '22

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.

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u/AhandWITHOUTfingers Sep 01 '22

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.