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Lied about Iraqi WMDs, lied about Nayirah al-Ṣabaḥ, lied about every fucking conflict we've been in since WWII ended...
Um excuse me sweatie I digest corporate news critically which is why I agree entirely with the billionaires who rule our society despite the fact that I am not a billionaire and never will be.
Remember the Maine!
(this goes back waaaaaaaay before ww2)
Didn't we blame the Maine on Spain
Yes, the following line is 'to hell with Spain' I believe, it was used as a cassus belli to start the Spanish-American war in which y'all took over Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and practically took over Cuba, although Cuba was technically made independent.