• Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      The US, famous for just rolling over. You guys are on more copium than imperial japan and it’s hilarious.

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      1 year ago

      The US has a lot of criticism that can be leveled at it, but "paper tiger" certainly isn't one.

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          1 year ago

          If what the US did to Vietnam and Cambodia over 20+ years is a "paper tiger" then uh, I don't think a real tiger exists.

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              1 year ago

              I guess if killing 1million+ Vietnamese is something a "paper tiger" does sure the US is a "paper tiger."

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                Yes. This isn't call of duty where the goal is to kill as many people as possible. The US got its ass kicked.

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                  1 year ago

                  Yes I get it. The US lost the Vietnam war. The issue is that a "paper tiger" doesn't kill 1million+ people. Losing a war doesn't mean you are a paper tiger.

                  Is Hamas also a paper tiger? Russia? Israel?

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              1 year ago

              So paper tiger's kill 1million+ people and then someone else's capital city is renamed? Is the US the only "paper tiger" to ever exist? I figured the expression would be much older then the US.