• man_in_space
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    2 years ago

    Funnily enough, this has happened in the West in the last century. It was called “Vichy France” and those who rolled, les collaborateurs. There’s a reason “quisling” is a word.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 years ago

      My history is a bit fuzzy because I don’t remember allied forces turning all of France into rubble in response

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          12 years ago

          Thanks! Not that surprised though considering what happened after 9/11. None of it is acceptable. That many civilians dead gets rid of your “fighting to protect people” stance.

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            32 years ago

            We never should’ve gotten into Afghanistan or Iraq.

            Even the very existence of the United States was caused by an illegitimate insurgency. That we happened to win was because of attrition and logistics. I make no illusions about the dawn of my own country.

            But reality is often disappointing.