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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Aug 2021

    I can't believe the Blob is going with "Afghanistan was just like Japan/Germany/South Korea." Do they not have a better argument than that?

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      1. Lee Hunter‏ @LeeHunter 27 Aug 2021
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        It's been a while since an IED exploded on the Autobahn.

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      1. bentkazemore‏ @bentkazemore 27 Aug 2021
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        Especially because just last week it was Vietnam

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      1. Tim Donahue‏ @TimDonahueZ 27 Aug 2021
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        They do not.

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      1. MHeido  🏳️‍🌈‏ @mheido03 27 Aug 2021
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        WWII was an economic conflict between industrialized nations over resources. Vietnam & Afghanistan were/are ideological conflicts. Korea was both and remains a defacto stalemate. Economic matters can be resolved once the dust settles. Ideology, not so much. Perhaps?

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      2. The Freewheel Jim Teal‏ @therealjimteal 27 Aug 2021
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        the Blob hehe I love that

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      2. ⛧ Stefan Dreier ⛧‏ @s3rp86 27 Aug 2021
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        The bases in Germany , Japan or South Korea serve zero function within the political inner workings of those countries. Not to mention some of that presence isn't even for any military purposes anymore either. It's just bases the US can station some troops for the next adventure

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      3. ⛧ Stefan Dreier ⛧‏ @s3rp86 27 Aug 2021
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        For example the headquarters of Africom is in Stuttgart Germany . It's just a nice safe place to put troops in before deploying them in a war somewhere else. This does nothing for Stuttgart ittself outside maybe some boost for the local economy.

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      1. $ⒶM‏ @X2Z2T 27 Aug 2021
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        To me that sounds more like an argument for why the US should stay in those countries too. A bad one but imperialists gonna do imperialism

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      1. Forsetti X‏ @ForsettisCreed 27 Aug 2021
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        No, they don't and to expect better from them is a big mistake. This is all about winning some self-appointed cultural war. The right has lost ALL of them for decades and they are creating and latching onto smaller and even more outrageous ones to "win," in order to feel good.

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