November 1940 is not 'early' in the Battle for Britain. In fact, it was very late.
You must be confused. The Luftwaffe didn't start out bombing cities because of Hitler's order, until the British started bombing German cities in retaliation for an accidental bombing of London.
So yeah. It wasn't normal, as you claimed. It was a crime against humanity, performed by the "good guys" who also covered up the Katyn massacre.
Umm, I'm pretty sure lots of "put that whole fucking city to the sword" went on back then.
Do you know what 'pretense' means? So it was not the norm.
I doubt Roosevelt would agree to that. I looked it up: "At a dinner meeting of the Big Three on Nov. 29, Stalin proposed executing 50,000 to 100,000 German officers so that Germany could not plan another war. Roosevelt, believing Stalin was not serious, quipped that “maybe 49,000 would be enough.”" So FDR was clearly being sarcastic.
Ah, I misremembered, it was only 49,000 then. It sure was enough to infuriate WSC though.
Maybe in some extreme cases some US soldiers at extremely high exposure levels got sick, but in truth it was just a rallying cry for the Left, who thought they could use justified skepticism about their hysteria to say "THE RIGHT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE TROOPS!"
Didn't you send the troops into Iraq without sufficient body armor? Face it, "the right" sucks. But that's not to condemn it, it's a challenge. Make it better instead of just shilling for everything it does like you do.
It's a "white man's burden" issue. The US is the policeman for the world. We do it because if we don't, Hitler happens again. The US tried to be isolationist, and then WW2 happened, so then the US said "now we have to fucking keep an eye on things so we don't have to deal with this ww2 shit again".
Yes, to prevent any regional or global hegemon from arising, so that you remain top dog.
No that's feudalism. Vassalization among countries means the vassal pays tribute
Is that even a thing? It's not an official status. So it's just what you call a country when it's so completely subservient to another as the European supposed countries are to the US, that they'll allow you to blow up our pipelines and then say "Putindunit".
Also the EU doesn't provide the US with military service. When we asked for help for Gulf Wars 1 & 2, almost nobody helped in any meaningful way, maybe the UK.
Cause you started it.
In the late 13th century, the English vassals told Edward I that their vassalage only included a promise to serve in England, not in France. Even though that wasn't a war that Edward had started. We are in a worse position, because we have to come to the aid of our lord whenever he's attacked, no matter the place.
I don't know that "deep down", I complain about the US govt all the time. I don't pretend its noble at all, though there have been times where the US has done noble things. Lately? not so much.
Yes, things do seem to be getting worse. Here as well. I can't think of a single thing that my government does well or right.
The State Department wants to use US money and lives to feel good about themselves. Fuck those assholes.
They create jobs and work for themselves. If the US empire were dismantled, a lot of them would become superfluous. So they are great advocates for empire.
We had nothing to do with starting it, but Obama sure liked giving guns to ISIS, and then training like 20 "pro-democracy" guys and "inserting" them so they could get captured or killed 5 minutes later.
I'm pretty sure he never gave weapons to ISIS, but to Al Qaeda. Anyway, you sure brought freedom and democracy to Syria like you did Iraq and Libya. And now you want to do the same to Ukraine and Russia: completely wreck the place and then conveniently forget about it, moving on the next place to export 'freedom and democracy' to.
That was over 170 years ago. We sure couldn't do it now, politically. Nobody would have complained really if Russia invaded Ukraine in 1848 after Ukraine attacked Belarus 1st or something.
Except that it was, and is, their own country.
Just because the US did something 170 years ago, doesn't make it okay for everyone else to do that thing for the rest of time. The US had slavery 160 years ago. Does that mean we can't oppose slavery today because "whatabout when YOU did a slavery 160 years ago! you got to have your fun and then said nobody else could!" lol
Come on man, you're better than to use the "whataboutism" regime talking point. Its only use it to try to silence people calling you out for hypocrisy. It's funny though, you gorge yourself on all your neighbors, and when you're satisfied, you kick the ladder down and say: alright, alright, now no one else gets to do what we did. A country may get overly powerful and challenge our glorious empire.
I've read plenty about Ryazan and it's still believed in Russia as well. Why do you think a picture of a book written by 1 dumbass
Because his conclusions are different from your biased ones (and which you cannot refute in any way), he's a "dumbass" all of a sudden.
IDK if ALL the bombing were done at Putin's orders, but at least some were. Putin is a former KGB agent. He's a schemer, a plotter, a manipulator.
That's not even circumstantial evidence. Did you even read the link?
You must be confused. The Luftwaffe didn't start out bombing cities because of Hitler's order, until the British started bombing German cities in retaliation for an accidental bombing of London.
I obviously know that the British arguably "started it", but so what? Hitler was quick to normalize the bombing of civilians against the UK for the rest of the war. He escalated it and went open season with it very quickly. Hitler had also previously been more than happy to bomb civilians in Poland. So even though the war started with a slight taboo against it, that quickly disappeared and remained disappeared for the remainder of the war.
Do you know what 'pretense' means? So it was not the norm.
If abortion is banned except in case of rape, and yet 1 million abortions happen per year because every girl who wants one just says "I wuz raepd", then it is both a pretense as well as the norm.
Didn't you send the troops into Iraq without sufficient body armor?
No, that's more propaganda.
But that's not to condemn it, it's a challenge. Make it better instead of just shilling for everything it does like you do.
Shitting on the Right and attacking it as a whole does not make it better. Feel free to attack point targets like Mitt Romney or anyone else on the Right who betrays Right wing values. Do not attack the Right as a whole and pretend you're trying to make it better. All you're doing is demoralizing, like a baby who screams because he wants his bottle.
Yes, to prevent any regional or global hegemon from arising, so that you remain top dog.
Normally the top dog reaps huge selfish benefits. The US does not. We are the 1st thankless hegemon. We let everyone else freeload off of our money and blood.
It's funny though, you gorge yourself on all your neighbors, and when you're satisfied, you kick the ladder down and say: alright, alright, now no one else gets to do what we did.
Mexico started the war. Texas revolted, won, became independent, and then joined the US voluntarily. The Mexicans were butt hurt about losing and wanted revenge. "On April 25, 1846, a 2,000-man Mexican cavalry detachment attacked a 70-man U.S. patrol commanded by Captain Seth Thornton, which had been sent into the contested territory north of the Rio Grande and south of the Nueces River. In the Thornton Affair, the Mexican cavalry routed the patrol, killing 11 American soldiers and capturing 52. A few days after the Thornton Affair, the Siege of Fort Texas began on May 3, 1846. Mexican artillery at Matamoros opened fire on Fort Texas."
The Mexicans sowed the wind by bullying a small unit, and then they reaped the motherfucking whirlwind with the US Marines taking Mexico City.
Nothing like that, of course, happened in Ukraine. It is a war of naked aggression by Putin.
November 1940 is not 'early' in the Battle for Britain. In fact, it was very late.
You must be confused. The Luftwaffe didn't start out bombing cities because of Hitler's order, until the British started bombing German cities in retaliation for an accidental bombing of London.
So yeah. It wasn't normal, as you claimed. It was a crime against humanity, performed by the "good guys" who also covered up the Katyn massacre.
Do you know what 'pretense' means? So it was not the norm.
Ah, I misremembered, it was only 49,000 then. It sure was enough to infuriate WSC though.
Didn't you send the troops into Iraq without sufficient body armor? Face it, "the right" sucks. But that's not to condemn it, it's a challenge. Make it better instead of just shilling for everything it does like you do.
Yes, to prevent any regional or global hegemon from arising, so that you remain top dog.
Is that even a thing? It's not an official status. So it's just what you call a country when it's so completely subservient to another as the European supposed countries are to the US, that they'll allow you to blow up our pipelines and then say "Putindunit".
Cause you started it.
In the late 13th century, the English vassals told Edward I that their vassalage only included a promise to serve in England, not in France. Even though that wasn't a war that Edward had started. We are in a worse position, because we have to come to the aid of our lord whenever he's attacked, no matter the place.
Yes, things do seem to be getting worse. Here as well. I can't think of a single thing that my government does well or right.
They create jobs and work for themselves. If the US empire were dismantled, a lot of them would become superfluous. So they are great advocates for empire.
I'm pretty sure he never gave weapons to ISIS, but to Al Qaeda. Anyway, you sure brought freedom and democracy to Syria like you did Iraq and Libya. And now you want to do the same to Ukraine and Russia: completely wreck the place and then conveniently forget about it, moving on the next place to export 'freedom and democracy' to.
Except that it was, and is, their own country.
Come on man, you're better than to use the "whataboutism" regime talking point. Its only use it to try to silence people calling you out for hypocrisy. It's funny though, you gorge yourself on all your neighbors, and when you're satisfied, you kick the ladder down and say: alright, alright, now no one else gets to do what we did. A country may get overly powerful and challenge our glorious empire.
Because his conclusions are different from your biased ones (and which you cannot refute in any way), he's a "dumbass" all of a sudden.
That's not even circumstantial evidence. Did you even read the link?
I obviously know that the British arguably "started it", but so what? Hitler was quick to normalize the bombing of civilians against the UK for the rest of the war. He escalated it and went open season with it very quickly. Hitler had also previously been more than happy to bomb civilians in Poland. So even though the war started with a slight taboo against it, that quickly disappeared and remained disappeared for the remainder of the war.
If abortion is banned except in case of rape, and yet 1 million abortions happen per year because every girl who wants one just says "I wuz raepd", then it is both a pretense as well as the norm.
No, that's more propaganda.
Shitting on the Right and attacking it as a whole does not make it better. Feel free to attack point targets like Mitt Romney or anyone else on the Right who betrays Right wing values. Do not attack the Right as a whole and pretend you're trying to make it better. All you're doing is demoralizing, like a baby who screams because he wants his bottle.
Normally the top dog reaps huge selfish benefits. The US does not. We are the 1st thankless hegemon. We let everyone else freeload off of our money and blood.
Mexico started the war. Texas revolted, won, became independent, and then joined the US voluntarily. The Mexicans were butt hurt about losing and wanted revenge. "On April 25, 1846, a 2,000-man Mexican cavalry detachment attacked a 70-man U.S. patrol commanded by Captain Seth Thornton, which had been sent into the contested territory north of the Rio Grande and south of the Nueces River. In the Thornton Affair, the Mexican cavalry routed the patrol, killing 11 American soldiers and capturing 52. A few days after the Thornton Affair, the Siege of Fort Texas began on May 3, 1846. Mexican artillery at Matamoros opened fire on Fort Texas."
The Mexicans sowed the wind by bullying a small unit, and then they reaped the motherfucking whirlwind with the US Marines taking Mexico City.
Nothing like that, of course, happened in Ukraine. It is a war of naked aggression by Putin.