• Hyperreality@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    French soldiers died in fighting alongside the US in Afghanistan. It was a deeply unpopular war, but after 9/11 the US invoked NATO article 5, so the French along with other European nations sent young men to die alongside American soldiers.

    I don’t think the freedom fries and “France surrendered” remarks are the problem.

    It’s the “Russians should invade them, and I’ll encourage it.” remarks from the next president.

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      9 months ago

      Tens of thousands died defending France in 1940. They didn’t turn tail and run, they were surrounded and cut off from supplies. They fought until it was impossible to fight.

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        9 months ago

        Yep I’d love to see how many of the gun-owning cowards in the States would actually stand up and fight if it came to it lol