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[–] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lied about Iraqi WMDs, lied about Nayirah al-Ṣabaḥ, lied about every fucking conflict we've been in since WWII ended...

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Um excuse me sweatie I digest corporate news critically which is why I agree entirely with the billionaires who rule our society despite the fact that I am not a billionaire and never will be.

[–] RedSquid@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember the Maine!

(this goes back waaaaaaaay before ww2)

[–] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't we blame the Maine on Spain

[–] RedSquid@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, the following line is 'to hell with Spain' I believe, it was used as a cassus belli to start the Spanish-American war in which y'all took over Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and practically took over Cuba, although Cuba was technically made independent.