• Jumpingspiderman@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    It was done during a period of negotiations for peace. It was the perfidy, not the damage, with a dose of racism/xenophobia that mobilized Americans.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      I’m pretty sure it was because someone dropped bombs on American soil. In any case, the fact that it touched on the American aggrievement fetish does not put it on par with the other events listed.