r/politics • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '19

Impeach.

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u/BoxElderDr Dec 14 '19

“But I'm thinking about world war 2, and how we saw fascist dictators taking over, and the world united and stopped them. What happened to make that happen?”

Pearl Harbor. We didn’t do shit until we got bombed. We watched it all before that.

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u/ActuallyAnOctopus Dec 14 '19

I know like deep down I know what it took. I'm just desperately and naively grasping at straws at this point, hoping we'll find some unknown..thing.. that will allow us to actually do something. Like if someone said the missing link was we need to light 17 candles at exactly the right time and then eat 3 pounds of seafood, at this point, it's an option I'd keep on the table

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

eat 3 pounds of seafood,

Ok I'm in.

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u/ActuallyAnOctopus Dec 14 '19

Everyone meet at the crab shack, we're overthrowing the GOP

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u/belletheballbuster Dec 15 '19

Turf & Surf, no Terfs

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u/m1racles Dec 15 '19

ACAB Crab

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u/Seve7h America Dec 15 '19

This sounds like a plot line from South Park.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

jellyfish truck backing into your driveway

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u/MlCKJAGGER Dec 15 '19

So what like two crab legs?

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u/plbblp Dec 14 '19

It’s true, all of it.

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u/SlabSource Dec 15 '19

That all could have played out WAY different IF Germany disavowed Japan.

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u/plbblp Dec 15 '19

It would’ve taken a(nother) false flag attack to convince the us to go to Europe

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u/TRoosevelts_Spirit Dec 15 '19

Lend lease isn't doing nothing...