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    • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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      6 months ago

      That's probably the people whose careers or the careers of their family or friends depend on political patronage

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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      6 months ago

      I was in high school in 2004-8 and in my senior year english lit, there were classmates that still thought Iraq had WMDs.

      • Leon_Frotsky [she/her]
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        6 months ago

        i know a guy who thought it was the iran war until about a year ago and said it was justified because iran had wmds

        • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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          6 months ago

          Saddam Hussein has the oil. We have decided to help the people of Israel to give our oil back to us by defeating Saddam Hussein. It's freedom, Charlie.

        • Grandpa_garbagio [he/him]
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          6 months ago

          I'd be surprised if the majority of the US, hell even the west in general, didnt believe that lol

          • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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            6 months ago

            You can probably convince many Americans that the Japanese holdouts in the mountains were training with some secret, ancient samurai tactics that were so effective that the US had to nuke the country

            • Grandpa_garbagio [he/him]
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              6 months ago

              Most here literally think the bombs were dropped to end the war and limit casualties.

              • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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                6 months ago

                Douglas MacArthur: Dropping the bomb was not justified

                Nimitz: Dropping the bomb was not justified

                US strategic bombing survey: Dropping the bomb was not justified

                Literally every American: No other way to do it :(