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Ah yes, victory over Nazi Germany during WW2 through incredible sacrifice by millions, nothing honorable about that.

by md2020 6y ago

andyjohnson0 6y ago
That doesn't work forever. Name an honourable war conducted by the US military since 1946.
- gnarbarian 6y ago
  Korea, the gulf war, arguably Afghanistan, the cold war. What is honorable is certainly subjective though.
- samdamsamm 6y ago
  We should also acknowledge the desperate lengths to which the US government has gone to soil any honor accrued in any previous wars. On the recent anniversary of the fall of Auschwitz, The White House twitter account claimed it as a victory of ‘The United States and UK’. Supposedly the already-dishonest ‘Allied Troops’ is not cutting it anymore. (The Red Army liberated Auschwitz)
  - brewdad 6y ago
    Not to defend Trump, I can't think of more than a handful of times I've ever agreed with him, but can you imagine the uproar had he praised Russia for their efforts at Auschwitz? Probably would have been best to praise the result without mentioning any specific parties involved in carrying it out. Then again, Trump isn't really known for thinking in nuance.
    - usefulcat 6y ago
      > can you imagine the uproar had he praised Russia for their efforts at Auschwitz? From his supporters? Bearing in mind that he has a well established history of openly admiring Putin? I don't see why that would be a problem at all.
    - NotSammyHagar 6y ago
      Why should that be an uproar? We've had these memorials of world war II for decades since the end of the war.
  - odiroot 6y ago
    > (The Red Army liberated Auschwitz) And then proceeded to imprison the whole country this camp is located in. And a few others on top of that.
- tomjen3 6y ago
  Korea. Afghanistan. Edit: And destroying Isis.
  - NotSammyHagar 6y ago
    And then we shamed ourselves by giving up on the Kurds immediately, who did a lot of the fighting.
- umeshunni 6y ago
  Operation Desert Storm
- bitcurious 6y ago
  Check out living standards in North Korea vs. South Korea. Taiwan vs. China. Western Europe vs. Eastern Europe.
dang 6y ago
Please don't respond to a bad comment by taking the thread even further into flamewar. That helps nothing. Especially not generic flamewar topics like Nazi Germany. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Ah yes, victory over Nazi Germany during WW2 through incredible sacrifice by millions, nothing honorable about that.

by md2020 6y ago

Ah yes, victory over Nazi Germany during WW2 through incredible sacrifice by millions, nothing honorable about that.

andyjohnson0 6y ago

That doesn't work forever. Name an honourable war conducted by the US military since 1946.

gnarbarian 6y ago
Korea, the gulf war, arguably Afghanistan, the cold war. What is honorable is certainly subjective though.
samdamsamm 6y ago
We should also acknowledge the desperate lengths to which the US government has gone to soil any honor accrued in any previous wars. On the recent anniversary of the fall of Auschwitz, The White House twitter account claimed it as a victory of ‘The United States and UK’. Supposedly the already-dishonest ‘Allied Troops’ is not cutting it anymore. (The Red Army liberated Auschwitz)
- brewdad 6y ago
  Not to defend Trump, I can't think of more than a handful of times I've ever agreed with him, but can you imagine the uproar had he praised Russia for their efforts at Auschwitz? Probably would have been best to praise the result without mentioning any specific parties involved in carrying it out. Then again, Trump isn't really known for thinking in nuance.
  - usefulcat 6y ago
    > can you imagine the uproar had he praised Russia for their efforts at Auschwitz? From his supporters? Bearing in mind that he has a well established history of openly admiring Putin? I don't see why that would be a problem at all.
  - NotSammyHagar 6y ago
    Why should that be an uproar? We've had these memorials of world war II for decades since the end of the war.
- odiroot 6y ago
  > (The Red Army liberated Auschwitz) And then proceeded to imprison the whole country this camp is located in. And a few others on top of that.
tomjen3 6y ago
Korea. Afghanistan. Edit: And destroying Isis.
- NotSammyHagar 6y ago
  And then we shamed ourselves by giving up on the Kurds immediately, who did a lot of the fighting.
umeshunni 6y ago
Operation Desert Storm
bitcurious 6y ago
Check out living standards in North Korea vs. South Korea. Taiwan vs. China. Western Europe vs. Eastern Europe.

dang 6y ago

Please don't respond to a bad comment by taking the thread even further into flamewar. That helps nothing. Especially not generic flamewar topics like Nazi Germany. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html