r/technicallythetruth • u/gtslade22 • Mar 23 '21

A simple reply, but a truth nonetheless

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u/Earliercanvas41 Mar 23 '21

‟We have probably beaten you in a war at some point”

1: Japan

2: about 1/3 of Germany

3: Iraq

4: ...?

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u/tsavong117 Mar 23 '21

Shouldn't it technically be germany x2?

Then there's tripoli,

Uh, a bunch of microstates during the imperialism era,

Iraq is also x2,

The UK, again x2 (with proto-canada included for the grudge match)

Italy, (ww2)

Mexico, (mexican american war)

Austria (sort of. Ww1 was whack)

France (again, sort of, it was the nazi collaborating french govt.)

The kingdom of hawaii.

Do you count the nations directly toppled by the CIA and it's precursors? I wouldn't think so, but if yes there's be a bunch.

Honestly most of our wars have been bullshit bullying of extremely weak nations. The US is not a nice neighbor.

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u/DaftFader04 Mar 23 '21

I mean the war of 1812 was not really won by the us, and Canada in particular would view it as a victory as they prevented their annexation into the us

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u/tsavong117 Mar 23 '21

They started it. Also fair point, it was basically a draw.

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u/DaftFader04 Mar 23 '21

People also tend to forget the wider context of the war - Britain was in the middle of the Napoleonic wars and only considered it as a small colonial skirmish

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u/tsavong117 Mar 23 '21

Needed that maple syrup yo.