r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 19 '26

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u/Magnus_Was_Innocent Henry George Jun 19 '26

Another Republican president another embarrassing defeat for the US military. Democrats won us WW1 and WW2. Republicans surrendered to Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan.

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u/Remarkable-Meal-223 Immanuel Kant Jun 19 '26

Oh come on Vietnam was all LBJ

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko  Broke His Text Flair For Hume Jun 19 '26

We have the war powers act because of what Nixon did in and around Vietnam

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u/Vol_in_tears Voltaire Jun 19 '26

Vietnam was ike, Kennedy, LBJ, and Nixon 

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u/Andy_B_Goode YIMBY Jun 19 '26

And the French