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by tut-urut-utut 988 days ago
> Why would I think that current events are different in some fundamental way?

They are different in a sense US Empire and its vassals are starting to lose wars and influence, so westerners started noticing these events as negative. Previously, they didn’t care.
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michael1999 988 days ago
The parent listed Vietnam. The USA lost Vietnam even more soundly than Afghanistan, including almost 50k killed, and 300k wounded. Pol Pot murdered 40% of Cambodia. Saudi almost collapsed with the Grand Mosque. Nothing today comes close to those strains.
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commandlinefan 988 days ago
> The USA lost Vietnam

"We did not lose! It was a tie!"

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michael1999 985 days ago
Sure it was, Otto. The helicopter evac was just convenient.
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