A lot of the WWII generation genuinely thought the wave of "decolonization" that happened afterwards -- as the former Great Powers were too broke and fucked up by the war to keep hold of their overseas possessions -- was one of the "tragedies" of the war Churchill definitely did https://twitter.com/theashleyray/status/1267491668938256384 …
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I think looking back we have to admit even when history gives us really obvious bad guys like Hitler it doesn't actually give us good guys to compensate
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FDR put over 100,000 Americans in camps without trial
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... and led both the recovery from the great depression as well as most of the second world war, as well as had people believe he didn't have polio. his legs didn't hold him up, but he still stood to give speeches. how about martin luther king then?
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MLK didn't fight in WWII, he was 16 when the war ended
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oh okay you're talking about war vets. eisenhower?
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I'm talking about political leaders who fight wars, yes
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eisenhower was president as well as a senior army leader, yes, cool. what was his dark side? or could he stand up to the quality of an actually GOOD leader? wasn't he the guy who insisted that everyone learn about the holocaust because someday people would deny it ever happened?
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Look up the history of the Korean War and Vietnam War
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