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Is it a WW if Germany is not in it, though...? 🤔
If it's not from the German region then it's just a sparkling WW
Did the world war start in German regions though?
What?
Well the first World War started in the Balkan region and then expanded to Belgium/France and the second World War started in Poland/France.
So what I am saying is, that the World War never started out in Germany.
Well i missed that completely. Yeah just reread, Im a dummy.
They can be on the good side this time
The USA flag in the photo makes this so much better
Huh, I thought it made it much worse?
Can we get something stronger?
Like, idk, sanctions against a country committing war crimes?
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Their leader should do what the other guy did. Shoot himself in his bunker.
That's a polymarket bet i wouldn't mind winning
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lol smart
"Remember a few years ago when Europe was suddenly cut off from Russian oil, and so America rushed in and saved us by pushing Russia out of Ukraine and forcing Russia to surrender, and so in that way, Europe didn't have to modernize and reduce its dependence on oil? Remember that? ... Yeah, me neither."
Good for them but I also wonder if this is exactly what Trump and his minions want.
Like now he can go back and claim he is going to tarriff every country who doesnt help some insane amount until they send forces.
I mean this would require thinking ahead and I do not want to attribute any actual forethought to these people but it seems an obvious play to me.
He'll use this as an excuse to push again to leave NATO. I say, fine -- we're already organizing new alliances so go pound sand, USA.
The last round of tariffs were declared unconstitutional for the most part, so probably not where a planning mind would go.
Maybe he's more thinking that the Europeans and East Asians need to oil just as much, so they should do something to keep it flowing?
He said the second part out loud in a tweet.
What? You don't want to put hundreds of German soldiers and billions of dollars in equipment at risk to prop up an industry that doesn't affect you nearly as much as it affects us???