ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1320
arrow-up1320imageWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·4 months ago Nobody wins in war The Vietnamese won, as a matter of fact, and liberated themselves from colonialism as a consequence
minus-squareLumiNocta@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up20·4 months agoTrue, and admirable. But the cost of winning, even if losing isn’t an option, is still loss. So many people lost.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 months agoYeah but I’d shift the phrasing from “nobody wins from war” to “carpet bombing of civilians by an imperialist power is evil”
minus-squarefort_burp@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 months agoDon’t forget napalm and defoliants.
minus-squareLumiNocta@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoYeah true. It’s fucking sick. Can’t really say it any other way.
The Vietnamese won, as a matter of fact, and liberated themselves from colonialism as a consequence
True, and admirable. But the cost of winning, even if losing isn’t an option, is still loss.
So many people lost.
Yeah but I’d shift the phrasing from “nobody wins from war” to “carpet bombing of civilians by an imperialist power is evil”
Don’t forget napalm and defoliants.
Yeah true. It’s fucking sick. Can’t really say it any other way.