▲ 62 ▼ USA and NATO responsible for Ukraine war, German and French public say in poll (youtube.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RedSquid@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Remember the Maine! (this goes back waaaaaaaay before ww2) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Didn't we blame the Maine on Spain permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RedSquid@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Didn't we blame the Maine on Spain permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RedSquid@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedSquid@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent