ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkWhat's your favourite historical photo and why?lemmy.mlordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareEvenOdds@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months ago The terror of war. Nobody wins in war, and I hate how angry this photo makes me feel.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months ago Nobody wins in war The Vietnamese won, as a matter of fact, and liberated themselves from colonialism as a consequence
minus-squareLumiNocta@lemmy.zipcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months 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-up0·5 months agoYeah but I’d shift the phrasing from “nobody wins from war” to “carpet bombing of civilians by an imperialist power is evil”
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”