Whether it was due to the early hour of the day or just to the blood-thirsty nature of the moment, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared particularly unhinged during the first official news ...

Whether it was due to the early hour of the day or just to the blood-thirsty nature of the moment, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared particularly unhinged during the first official news …

  • duncan_bayne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    7 hours ago

    Sometimes. It can be done honorably and with good outcomes; Japan and Germany post-WW2 are good examples.

    • mcv@lemmy.zip
      1·
      27 minutes ago

      Those are the good examples, and they worked very well. But ever since, the US seems to think they can replicate the effect by going in, bombing the place, shooting some locals, and declaring mission accomplished.