ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 days agoWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square173linkfedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down116
arrow-up1319arrow-down1imageWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 days agomessage-square173linkfedilink
minus-squareEvenOdds@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up54·4 days ago The terror of war. Nobody wins in war, and I hate how angry this photo makes me feel.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down2·4 days 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-up19·4 days 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-up24arrow-down1·4 days 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-up15·4 days 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.