^=> gaming it out those are my feelings
like in the position of: my choice inside a wargame simulation thing
Discussion
to ever make any veteran feel like they fought and died for nothing
got injured for nothing
are forever altered unable to fix it for nothing
lost a limb for nothing
cos there is no clear "win" for america to say: we did it ~for~ this
is gravely gravely gravely gravely serious
to me, it wasnt for "nothing"
but people are owed far more respect that a propaganda soundbite reason
patience is what i can say
wait and see
i will also be waiting to see
all i can see is that i stand by it still
the answers are the work of historians
finding those answers, making their own calls, situating decisions in larger narratives and context
i forget the name of the book off the top of my head and i cant text my friend this early in the morning. the one who recommended it to me. so il circle back, i know i shared it before
a book about how ww1 was the first war where people were writing history on top of it while it was happening
reader: from the bottom of my heart
this is ~not~ how history works
history needs perspective and time
that is why the rules in /askhistorians reddit are what they are
