silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIt took U.S. years to lose a war in Vietnam. Trump lost one in days. It's increasingly clear that Trump's war of choice in Iran has failed spectacularly. America learned nothing from past war failuresshare.inquirer.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down11
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-linkIt took U.S. years to lose a war in Vietnam. Trump lost one in days. It's increasingly clear that Trump's war of choice in Iran has failed spectacularly. America learned nothing from past war failuresshare.inquirer.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·1 day agoNo you don’t. Anyone can look up anything they want on the internet. We need to normalize the expectation that people educate themselves
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThere’s an infinite amount of things to learn. Suggesting that everyone should have self studied this particular topic is dumb.
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThere really is an XKCD for everything. I think this one fits as well https://xkcd.com/1979/
minus-squareredsand@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoDude we still have to tell people about Iran Contra with a musical number. Lower your expectations.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoWhat?! You kids don’t know about the great patriot Ollie North? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFV1uT-ihDo In fairness, that’s been the best way to explain it for like 20 years now, but it’s not the only way
minus-squareredsand@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoAmazing Oliver North lived to see this and somehow IS STILL ON FOX NEWS
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoBro he was on Faux the other day talking about there has never been any conditions ever where the US should tolerate Iran possess missiles… Like, my dude… You literally got convicted of treason over moving blow to sell missiles to Iran.
minus-squareredsand@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoHe does not recall and / or pleads the 5th as is recommended by his council
No you don’t.
Anyone can look up anything they want on the internet.
We need to normalize the expectation that people educate themselves
There’s an infinite amount of things to learn. Suggesting that everyone should have self studied this particular topic is dumb.
Relevant xkcd: Ten Thousand
There really is an XKCD for everything. I think this one fits as well
https://xkcd.com/1979/
Dude we still have to tell people about Iran Contra with a musical number. Lower your expectations.
What?! You kids don’t know about the great patriot Ollie North?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFV1uT-ihDo
In fairness, that’s been the best way to explain it for like 20 years now, but it’s not the only way
Amazing Oliver North lived to see this and somehow IS STILL ON FOX NEWS
Bro he was on Faux the other day talking about there has never been any conditions ever where the US should tolerate Iran possess missiles…
Like, my dude…
You literally got convicted of treason over moving blow to sell missiles to Iran.
He does not recall and / or pleads the 5th as is recommended by his council