Classic Neolib take

''Well, if you get into the moral issue of it, we were certainly tested with regard to the Spanish Civil War I mentioned. I would say that the individuals that went over there were, in the opinions of most Americans, fighting on the wrong side.''

-:freedom-and-democracy:

    • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Imagine if he had stopped short of the Pyrenees. Libs would try to paint Franco as a stalwart defender of freedom and liberty (like I've seen some of them do for Alexander Kolchak, Syngman Rhee and Chiang Kai-Shek).