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DiogenesKynikostoday at 12:09 AM1 replyview on HN

The last time the US defended freedom through military means was WWII.

As Abraham Lincoln said, the greatest threat to freedom in America is a domestic tyrant, not a foreign army.


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adastra22today at 12:23 AM

Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Libya, Lebanon, Iraq War I, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq War II were all fought for or over democratic ideals & the defense of democratic institutions.

All were driven by multiple competing and sometimes conflicting goals, and many look questionable in hindsight. It is fair to critique.

But it is absolutely not the case that the last time the US defended freedom through military means was WWII.

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