ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 20 hours agoUS Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony showsdiscuss.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1913arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 hours agoI can understand why someone would ask who the good guys were in WW1. It’s a question that shows a childlike understanding of war in general, but that’s how war is often sold. A team sport with body bags. That said, WW1 is hard to pick a “good” side. It was a mess of a war, but no side was particularly vile when compared to the others… But for a US president, there’s only one valid answer. A US president can admit that Vietnam was not a shining moment is US history, but the world wars? No.
I can understand why someone would ask who the good guys were in WW1.
It’s a question that shows a childlike understanding of war in general, but that’s how war is often sold. A team sport with body bags.
That said, WW1 is hard to pick a “good” side. It was a mess of a war, but no side was particularly vile when compared to the others…
But for a US president, there’s only one valid answer.
A US president can admit that Vietnam was not a shining moment is US history, but the world wars? No.