ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down110
arrow-up1214arrow-down1imageWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareEvenOdds@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up32·13 hours ago The terror of war. Nobody wins in war, and I hate how angry this photo makes me feel.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·10 hours 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-up7·6 hours 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-up10·6 hours 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-up7·4 hours 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.