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never mind Cold War, there are still a critical mass of people who are like Rain Man if he only knew about WW2 and Neville Chamberlain. If I have to hear "appeasement" one more time, I'm gonna puke...if you follow the "appeasement" argument to its inevitable conclusion, it means every country on earth has a moral obligation to enter every territorial skirmish, or else....NAZIS!

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Want to lead the world? Well, that's what it takes: leadership. Having the ability means accepting the duty. The isolationism post WW1 didn't work well did it?

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Public should do a series of articles outlining how the “American Empire” is actually the best thing that happened to this planet. Under American leadership the world has seen and keep seeing immense developments and this is exactly why their leadership is important. Even it’s enemies got 10x richer.

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Ye. Americans themselves are indoctrinated to not think like that by the Chomski's of the world. Ironically Chomski would the first one to be shot in any of the countries he defends. See if you can watch Yuri Besmenov's interview on YouTube. USSR propaganda defector. It's scary to realize how well executed and successful the plan became.

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we can all play with any and every historical analogy to prove any point we need to. if "leading the world" means a replay of iraq, afghanistan, libya etc it just means other peoples suffer while we move on once a stalemate sets in or political winds shift.

also really, ukraine is a plane ride away. i encourage u to pick up a weapon and head on over. WW2 says everyone who doesnt fight evil is complicit in evil. good luck!

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I was in Ukraine 10 days ago, Bubba.

Afghanistan: for 20 years women could be educated there thanks to the US of A. Now they are in some fucking basement together with goats and discarded cheap shit from China.

I bet these women for 20 years thought the world of the US.

How mistaken could they be.

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Were you fighting on the frontline rather than just asking the rest of us, including those of us who previously served, to send our taxes and, someday I’m guessing, our kids once again? If so, good for you!

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True story.

Most are unable to handle nuance and embrace an absurd, simplistic, Manichaean "good guys and bad guys" view of foreign policy. It's so aggravating🤦‍♂️

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one side gets their brain from PBS and lives in a permanent state of Selma envy.

another side gets their brain from the History Channel and lives in a permanent state of WW2 envy.

wake me when the 21st century starts!

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