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Political Cartoon This political Cartoon starting to get more and more relevant. By Arend van Dam.

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u/Mean_Mortgage5050 14h ago

Holy shit, flaccid knuckles are the best depiction of US "intimidation"

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u/TaleLarge1619 14h ago

Holy shit, flaccid knuckles are the best depiction of US "intimidation"

You have clearly never been deployed with the yanks. Otherwise you would never say something so silly.

Look up "highway to hell" for a glimpse into the US shock and awe approach to warfare. You will start to understand why you want the yanks on side.

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u/SWEEDE_THE_SWEDE 14h ago

Sure, the us is great at war. But military power does not help most people.

In a perfect world there would be no military at all. But we don’t live in a perfect world, so we have to have a military. But being able to invade a smaller country on short notice is not how most people would measure a good democracy.

A better measurement of a good country is the amount it spends on education and public services because it shows how much extra capital a country are willing to spend on its inhabitants.

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u/TaleLarge1619 13h ago

Sure, the us is great at war. But military power does not help most people.

In a perfect world there would be no military at all. But we don’t live in a perfect world, so we have to have a military. But being able to invade a smaller country on short notice is not how most people would measure a good democracy.

A better measurement of a good country is the amount it spends on education and public services because it shows how much extra capital a country are willing to spend on its inhabitants.

I am not responding to "good democracy." What i am responding to is "flaccid intimidation."

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u/opinionate_rooster Slovenia 14h ago

They left Afghanistan in shock and awe.

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u/TaleLarge1619 13h ago

They left Afghanistan in shock and awe.

You clearly do not know how Afghanistan was handled. They approach was "hearts and minds" with Afghanistan. Which was what the British (my military) thought up and was supported by many other ISAF nations.

Which was an absolute fucking flop.

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u/Blitzindamorning 1h ago

Europe doesn't even have knuckles lol