• nomous@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Students of history disagree. Remember when they told us we’d smash Vietnam in a month? Remember when they said the same thing about Iraq? You can come up with all the “but it’s different this time!” you like, I agree we probably won’t come to an agreement on this, have a nice day.

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      5 months ago

      Why are you ignoring my questions? I don’t remember anybody saying “Iraqis are probably too fat and complacent for guerilla tactics”. “Students of history” won’t disagree that there’s a huge difference between the 1970s us army fighting guerilleros in Vietnam and the 21st century us army fighting a bunch of tacticool idiots on us soil.

      Did you notice that your only argument is “nah, it wouldn’t be different” without any substantiation?

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        5 months ago

        Why are you ignoring my questions?

        I don’t owe you an argument. I’ve stated my position and you’ve stated yours. Have a nice Friday.

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          5 months ago

          I made an argument and you went “nuh-uh!” Sorry I tried to have a conversation with you, I guess. Maybe reflect on what you expect from making online comments.