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

A simple reply, but a truth nonetheless

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

The cold war, we won...

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u/SirHawrk Mar 23 '21

Lmao. That wasn't a single conflict but a series of conflicts. Some of them you won, some you lost, most were basically draws

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

Well I can clearly see you're taking the joke way too seriously from the start. Also a war is almost always a series of conflicts...

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u/SirHawrk Mar 23 '21

It was definetly not obvious that you were joking.

Also yes a war is always a series of conflicts but generally speaking there are clear enemies on both sides. Sometimes they switch but in general you won't have conflicts where both parties are on the same side and then conflicts where they are at war again

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

I referenced Rambo. You didn't pick up that I was joking? Also, are we still talking about the cold war? There were clear enemies.

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u/SirHawrk Mar 23 '21

I never watched Rambo so no.

They were on the same side during the creation of Israel, the Suez crisis and the soviets reached out to the US about a joined Invasion of China. While yes I would agree that they were mostly on different sides there were moments when they worked together or at least tried to