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> Why would I think that current events are different in some fundamental way? They are different in a sense US Empire and its vassals are starting to lose war

> Why would I think that current events are different in some fundamental way? They are different in a sense US Empire and its vassals are starting to lose wars and influence, so westerners started noticing these events as negative. Previously, they didn’t care.

michael1999 3y ago
The parent listed Vietnam. The USA lost Vietnam even more soundly than Afghanistan, including almost 50k killed, and 300k wounded. Pol Pot murdered 40% of Cambodia. Saudi almost collapsed with the Grand Mosque. Nothing today comes close to those strains.
- commandlinefan 3y ago
  > The USA lost Vietnam "We did not lose! It was a tie!"
  - michael1999 3y ago
    Sure it was, Otto. The helicopter evac was just convenient.