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.
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
I was in high school in 2004-8 and in my senior year english lit, there were classmates that still thought Iraq had WMDs.
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
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.
There are still people who think the USA nuked Japan in self defense.
I'd be surprised if the majority of the US, hell even the west in general, didnt believe that lol
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
Most here literally think the bombs were dropped to end the war and limit casualties.
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 :(
My dad watches those terrible 'History' shows and they were literally saying this in an episode I saw last week.