• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Ah yes, world War 1, where we quickly and efficiently crushed the Bosnian Serb uprising without causing any further problems which is why the Austria-Hungarian empire is still so prevalent today.

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      1 year ago

      Disarming and humbling the central powers worked so well that we didn’t have any second world war afterward

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        1 year ago

        That’s why you don’t humble them, you destroy them and replace them. We didn’t get rid of Hitler by being nice to him.

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          1 year ago

          you know what America and the allies did AFTER ww2? and how that differed from the previous conflicts? (hint, there were MANY Nazis left in Germany)