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I hope German teens are thrilled to fight America's wars
by derelicta 10mo ago
I hope German teens are thrilled to fight America's wars
- OKRainbowKid 10mo agoRussia invading Europe would be America's war?
- thomassmith65 10mo agoIs America allied with Russia or Europe in this scenario? That's probably not what the parent comment meant, though.
- derelicta 10mo agoNot really. I meant that America has triggered this war, like pretty much all wars on this planet since the end of the global anti fascist war. Thus, Europeans being good little servants, they will die for Washington.
- thomassmith65 10mo agoCongratulations, USSR, young people have forgotten you entirely! /s That said, it is still insultingly wrong to blame even America and the USSR together for starting 'all wars on the planet' since WWII. To quote the great historians Chris Hughes and Roland Orzabal: "everybody wants to rule the world"
- derelicta 10mo agoHonestly, even intra commie wars were also triggered by the US Empire, and for these, Soviets were extraordinary foolish, I will give you that. But I stand my ground; behind the vast majority of wars since WW2, there is the American architect.
- thomassmith65 10mo agoWe'll have to agree to disagree. Cheers.
- derelicta 10mo agoYes. After all, Europe is under NATO occupation, the same NATO whose leader is no one than America.
- thomassmith65 10mo agoNobody would take seriously the characterization of Europe being under a NATO 'occupation'. That said, for the first half of my life, much of Europe was under a literal occupation by Russia. As a reminder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall
- nephihaha 10mo agoThe Soviet Union rather than Russia. Subtle distinction, but tens of millions of Soviets were not Russian.
- thomassmith65 10mo agoTechnically true, but 'Russia' works fine, in practice.
- nephihaha 10mo agoNot just technically true, but the reality for vast areas such as the Ukraine and Kazakhstan etc which existed even then. There were numerous cities such as Vilnius or Dushanbe where most of the population did not speak Russian as a first or even native language or consider themselves Russian. It's like when people watch/read "Hunt for Red October" and call Captain Ramius a Russian... He isn't one, and it's a pretty key plot point that he isn't one, hence he defects.
- thomassmith65 10mo agoI don't know what to tell you. We used 'Russians' and Soviets interchangeably during the Cold War, even if it was technically inaccurate. I'm not sure if anyone remembers the song 'Russians' by Sting anymore, but that's a good example. This is like someone correcting me for saying 'an LP' instead of 'a vinyl' despite my being an analog native :)