• 0nekoneko7@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    both sides know this, neither of them wants to be seen as the aggressor because then the other side will have a narrative edge for their action. like the Imperial Japanese Army did in Pearl Harbor, where the US government took the opportunity to justify their use of Weapons of mass destruction on Japanese civilians.

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      5 months ago

      Are you really suggesting that the U.S. will conduct a nuclear first strike against China?

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            5 months ago

            As an example of how powerful it is to have a narrative edge in war. where a government can easily get away with a crime against humanity, without any consequences.

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              5 months ago

              Okay, so the U.S. is going to commit a crime against humanity in a war with China? What crime would this be?

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                  5 months ago

                  Maybe if you were clearer about what you were saying, these “interpretations” wouldn’t be an issue.

                  I’m not sure what the point of bringing up Hiroshima and Nagasaki to show that the U.S. is capable of crimes against humanity is when you aren’t saying that’s what the U.S. is going to do again.

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                    5 months ago

                    I didn’t. you stated the names according to your understanding. I only stated the facts that have happened in the history, I don’t make statements of my assumptions about what could or would happen.