ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down116
arrow-up1313arrow-down1imageWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareEvenOdds@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up53·2 days ago The terror of war. Nobody wins in war, and I hate how angry this photo makes me feel.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down2·2 days ago Nobody wins in war The Vietnamese won, as a matter of fact, and liberated themselves from colonialism as a consequence
minus-squareLumiNocta@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 day agoTrue, and admirable. But the cost of winning, even if losing isn’t an option, is still loss. So many people lost.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·1 day agoYeah but I’d shift the phrasing from “nobody wins from war” to “carpet bombing of civilians by an imperialist power is evil”
minus-squareLumiNocta@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 day agoYeah true. It’s fucking sick. Can’t really say it any other way.
The terror of war.
Nobody wins in war, and I hate how angry this photo makes me feel.
The Vietnamese won, as a matter of fact, and liberated themselves from colonialism as a consequence
True, and admirable. But the cost of winning, even if losing isn’t an option, is still loss.
So many people lost.
Yeah but I’d shift the phrasing from “nobody wins from war” to “carpet bombing of civilians by an imperialist power is evil”
Yeah true. It’s fucking sick. Can’t really say it any other way.
Don’t forget napalm and defoliants.