• Muscle_Meteor
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    1 day ago

    The US wasnt seen as the agressor by the genral public in that instance.

    This is much more “fuck around and find out”

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        20 hours ago

        Probably, its their proud soldiers going of to war… And losing. Or maybe still winning but at a high cost

        Military embarrassments is a pretty terminal for regimes, Argentina post Falklands war comes to mind

        Either way, pretty sure the red states would like him more if he won with no consequences

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          4 hours ago

          I guess that’s true. In aggressor states “how dare they resist” can be a real dynamic, but the examples I can think of are more from within the military or regime itself, not civilians.