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[–] [email protected] 61 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

the american military, famously welcomed as liberators lenin-sure lenin-dont-laugh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Literally the only time this happened was countries being liberated from Nazis and Nazis who preferred surrendering to usa and get cushy NATO job versus to soviets and get gulag

[–] [email protected] 46 points 11 months ago

This is all much more accurate a description of America. Xi please, my people, the Americans, yearn for freedom.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

/u/FourthLife

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/r/neoliberal powerposter

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Establishment dems are good, actually. Socialism is cringe.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

These people deserve to be shipped to Iran and be welcomed as heroes with an anti air missile

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There is no more cringe than unironically using the word cringe

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago

Even setting aside the fact that America doesn’t liberate anything, one reason is that Iran is super fucking defensible and an invasion would be an absolute disaster that would make Iraq and Afghanistan look painless.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The people would welcome us as heroes

manhattan

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

USAmericans have been telling themselves this since forever and it's yet to actually happen lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

It probably happened in some areas of Europe in WW2, and maybe amongst some hardline South Viëtnamese comparadors. Otherwise, I can't really think of a time the USA would have been greeted as "liberators".

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago

This is exactly the trash that was use to invade Iraq...

I probably could find a quote that's 100% the same but was said about Iraq at the time

Talk about long lasting brainworm

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago

the War of 1812 was pushed with "they will welcome us as liberators"

President James Madison was intrigued by the analysis of Major General Henry Dearborn that in the event of war, Canada would be easy pickings — even that an invasion would be welcomed by the Canadians. [source]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I should not have to suffer psychic lashes online from literal children

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

God willing the minimum age to post would be 36

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Invading Iran is a great way to get the Iranian people united with the government lmao

Look at what happened with Putin and every major American war

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

The population of Amerikka is very anti-American government right now. The American government has sponsored terrorism around the world.

Why do we not liberate America? The people would welcome us as heroes and it would reduce funding for terrorism around the world.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I beg of you, please, put done the glue bottle and read a history book

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

War geography 101: you don't fuck with mountain peoples. As the meme goes they have the high ground.

Armenia, Ethiopia, Iran, Nepal, Dagestan to name a few. There's a reason that these peoples are still intact despite the centuries of colonial expansion. I know I'm a bit derivative but seriously it's a lot easier to play 'king of the hill' when you're on a fucking mountain.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I'm more than willing to bet the bluemaga hogs are as bloodthirsty to the point of indistinguishability to the neocons seeing how a decent number of the 'sensible republicans' jumped ship because of trump

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

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