• Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I see no reason to fight fair, why put our troops at unnecessary risk?

    I also can’t think of a reason why we wouldn’t capture their unarmed ship, or at least give them ample opportunity and “incentive” to surrender. Honestly, the greatest show of strength is the ability to show compassion and humanity to your enemy. Think of how much power it would project to capture a whole warship, hold the crew as PoWs, treat them well, and return them well fed and cared for?

    Instead, we blew them up and left the survivors stranded in the ocean for other nations to assist.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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      2 months ago

      One way to not put your troops at unnecessary risk would be not to start unnecessary wars.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah, that too, but we’re talking about the US… Unnecessary war is like the trademark move of the republican party.

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      2 months ago

      the ability to show compassion and humanity to your enemy. Think of how much power it would project to capture a whole warship, hold the crew as PoWs, treat them well, and return them well fed and cared for?

      Woke. being woke is why the US keeps losing, so stop being woke and start winning

      I shit you not, this is how these morons actually think.