r/politics • u/Effective_Salad_8381 • 22h ago

Soft Paywall JD Vance Mocked for Embarrassing WWII History Mistake

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-mocked-for-embarrassing-wwii-history-mistake/
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u/Human_Cheesecake4337 22h ago

Dropping two atomic bombs was one hell of a negotiation...

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u/-jp- 21h ago

Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

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u/cosmicjunkbot Foreign 21h ago

Classic Gandhi

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u/ExZowieAgent Texas 21h ago

This joke goes two ways if you consider Sid Meier’s Civilization.

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u/superbad Canada 20h ago

What’s the other way?

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u/ExZowieAgent Texas 20h ago

Irony

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u/AltruisticHopes 15h ago

JFC don’t tell Vance and Trump that is the solution or they will nuke Kiev and ask for Nobel peace prize for ending the conflict.

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u/citizenkane86 20h ago

“We entered into aggressive negotiations”

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u/punkindle 20h ago

"we're sending someone in to negotiate"

The 5th Element

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u/sonic10158 Mississippi 20h ago

“You were right about one thing, the negotiations were short”

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u/failed_novelty 20h ago

Multipass!

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u/subhavoc42 20h ago

still more humane than firebombing for months.

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u/Moemangooo 18h ago

Atomic bombs speaks louder than words, thought everyone knew that