ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down117
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squareEvenOdds@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up55·1 month ago The terror of war. Nobody wins in war, and I hate how angry this photo makes me feel.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down2·1 month 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-up20·1 month 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-up25arrow-down1·1 month 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-up16·1 month 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”
Don’t forget napalm and defoliants.
Yeah true. It’s fucking sick. Can’t really say it any other way.