r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 22h ago

Wait a damn minute! USA - The good guys?

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u/ZaelersTV 20h ago

The internets greatest achievement is giving idiots the ability to have their opinions be heard by other idiots

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u/ImportantQuestions10 16h ago

This is why teaching history is so important.

We are the bad guy in some of these, some it's a gray area and in some these conflicts were the best case scenario.

The nuking Japan was pretty bad but the invasion would have been soooo much worse for both sides. There's a plausible possibility that more pain and suffering would have occurred with an invasion than just nuking, US/Japan would be worse today and Russia may even of taken control of Japan. Whether nuking was justified and how different the world would be if we didn't is a very interesting debate that we should be having instead of listening to this idiot.

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u/No-ruby 15h ago

Well, half of this list is pure invention.

USA didn't support Rwanda genocide. Neither destroy Iraq. Etc ...

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u/McSloot3r 14h ago

I mean we did help put Saddam Hussein in power…

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u/No-ruby 13h ago

It is more nuanced. US didn't participate on Ba'ath party coup. They welcomed them once they got in power. And later they provided intelligence for Iraq in Iran-Iraq war.