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I'm sorry but comments that harken back to ye old Rome are infuriating and it leaves a sour taste in ones mouth. I know this war is bad, but man people need to

I'm sorry but comments that harken back to ye old Rome are infuriating and it leaves a sour taste in ones mouth. I know this war is bad, but man people need to just own up, otherwise none of us can more forward. Pax Americana is fine, but you don't get to kill people and then turn back and tell me to wave a flag because grand old Europe is having it's "freedom" threatened.

CamperBob2 5y ago
- sarma912 5y ago
  - CamperBob2 5y ago
    "Pax Americana is fine but you don't get to kill people." I don't think you understand what you're saying.
    - sarma912 5y ago
      - robocat 5y ago
        I’m also from a former British colony. What have the romans ever done for us? https://yandex.com/search/?text=What+have+the+romans+ever+done+for+us&lr=20873 https://yandex.com/search/?text=What+have+the+romans+ever+do... Perhaps read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- nlqtr 5y ago
  The first Iraq war (occupation of Kuwait) was legitimate. The second one was started under the (known) false premise of the presence of WMD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War "The Iraq Body Count project documents 185,000–208,000 violent civilian deaths through February 2020 in their table. All estimates of Iraq War casualties are disputed." The official civilian casualties count in Ukraine so far is 600, according to the UN. Both wars are horrible.
- jwmhjwmh 5y ago
  > Comparing what Russia is doing in Ukraine to anything the US has done in the last 100 years is an exercise in false equivalence. One so blatant that it defies any attempt to interpret in good faith. Are you fucking kidding me? Are you completely ignorant of history? What about Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Iraq?
  - BuckRogers 5y ago
- BlueTemplar 5y ago
  The wars and embargo in Iraq ? (Hopefully we'll be careful this time about what is being embargoed, the Russian population is now the best shot of getting rid of Putin, once the horror of what is happening in Ukraine to their friends and family filters through Putin's propaganda.) It might also help, if it makes a politician think twice next time before calling to invade, sorry "bringing democracy" to a country... (USA, thank you for giving democracy a bad name by the way.)
- ckp95 5y ago

CamperBob2 5y ago

sarma912 5y ago
- CamperBob2 5y ago
  "Pax Americana is fine but you don't get to kill people." I don't think you understand what you're saying.
  - sarma912 5y ago
    - robocat 5y ago
      I’m also from a former British colony. What have the romans ever done for us? https://yandex.com/search/?text=What+have+the+romans+ever+done+for+us&lr=20873 https://yandex.com/search/?text=What+have+the+romans+ever+do... Perhaps read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
nlqtr 5y ago
The first Iraq war (occupation of Kuwait) was legitimate. The second one was started under the (known) false premise of the presence of WMD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War "The Iraq Body Count project documents 185,000–208,000 violent civilian deaths through February 2020 in their table. All estimates of Iraq War casualties are disputed." The official civilian casualties count in Ukraine so far is 600, according to the UN. Both wars are horrible.
jwmhjwmh 5y ago
> Comparing what Russia is doing in Ukraine to anything the US has done in the last 100 years is an exercise in false equivalence. One so blatant that it defies any attempt to interpret in good faith. Are you fucking kidding me? Are you completely ignorant of history? What about Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Iraq?
- BuckRogers 5y ago
BlueTemplar 5y ago
The wars and embargo in Iraq ? (Hopefully we'll be careful this time about what is being embargoed, the Russian population is now the best shot of getting rid of Putin, once the horror of what is happening in Ukraine to their friends and family filters through Putin's propaganda.) It might also help, if it makes a politician think twice next time before calling to invade, sorry "bringing democracy" to a country... (USA, thank you for giving democracy a bad name by the way.)
ckp95 5y ago