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
