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US Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony shows (discuss.online)
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[–] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

When has the US military defended the nation? I got the impression that they're mostly used for invading foreign countries for financial gain, cf Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Sudan, Panama, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Cuba, Guatemala, Korea.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is what Americans call "defending the nation"; making war in other countries than their own, believing themselves to be the world police.

    I think America has only ever been attacked... Twice... In all of history (Pearl Harbour and 9/11), and both times the defense was pretty piss poor.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure either of these events can even be counted as an attack. Pearl Harbour is roughly 3800km from the mainland. It's basically an overseas territory. An attack there is like saying the Falkland War was an attack on the UK.

    And 9/11 was a terrorist attack, not a war. While it was a big attack, it was still only carried out by a handful of non-state-actors. That's quite a different thing than an actual military attack by a country.

    Afaik, the last war on US soil was the civil war.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hawaii was not a state for almost 2 decades after pearl harbor, so yeah.

    The original white house was burned to the ground by British/Canadian troops in 1814.

    Not to mention about 100 different American Indian Wars, though some of those were more slaughter than war.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The original white house was burned to the ground by British/Canadian troops in 1814.

    Yeah, ok, that counts as a war on US soil, but that's still over 200 years ago.

    Not to mention about 100 different American Indian Wars, though some of those were more slaughter than war.

    Hard to really count them as wars for the reason you mentioned.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah. That's kind of America's whole thing. Making money. Exploiting everything. Americans are the Ferengi.

    Defending America = defending capitalism = doing whatever they can to make American, capitalist companies more profitable.

    I don't hate capitalism. Don't get me wrong, but I generally don't like capitalists.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Capitalists are what makes capitalism capitalism. How can you hate one without the other?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The same way I don't hate Christianity but most Christians drive me up a wall.

    The concepts can be good, valid and even the best option in some cases, but the way it's weilded can be dramatically different based on the person wielding it.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    You are comparing apples and oranges with your explanation.

    Religion and belief are two separate things.

    Christians drive you up a wall because of their beliefs not because of their religion.

    This is not the same as hating capitalists but not capitalism.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not saying you're wrong in general but we didn't invade Kuwait.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Fair, taking it off the list. It just comes up naturally when I list the horrible things the US has done bc of the highway of death. Still an example of the US military not defending the US, but definitely not an invasion of Kuwait. Thanks for the correction, I was sloppy!

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