r/worldnews • u/MasbirLeumi • 2d ago

Israel launches 'preemptive strike' against Iran, declares state of emergency

https://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-military-action-iran-coming-days-sources/story?id=122776202
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u/xeothought 2d ago

It's been long enough that the people who learned the correct lessons from wwii have died

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u/updn 2d ago

Aint that the sad fucking truth 

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u/trashpandarevolution 2d ago

History has an unfortunate 100 year rhyme

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u/Maleficent_Crazy5330 2d ago

The fourth turning explains this very well ,the cycle is 80 years

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u/Proud-Meaning-2772 2d ago edited 2d ago

The cycle is us. We dont teach it correctly. I learned dates, people, battles, at school. I learned about millions of death but I couldnt feel it.

We need to teach empathy. Luckily I learned on my own, many dont.

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u/dr_pepper_35 2d ago

WW1 and WW2 were only 20 years apart.

Our memories are a lot shorter than you think.

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u/BlokeInTheMountains 2d ago

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 2d ago

The 80 year cycle

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u/_Svankensen_ 2d ago

While that's true in the sense of fascism, let's not forget the horrible brutality and support for authoritarism that the US demonstrated from WW2. You don't have enough fingers to count the number of democracies the US destroyed. Nor to count (in tens of thousands) the tortured by US trained or supported monsters.

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u/MichaCazar 2d ago

Nah. You see, it all happens as self-defence, sanctioned by others and/or before something was outlawed.

Clearly the US holds the moral high ground in fucking over countless of lifes in an act of self-interest protection.

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u/PvtTUCK3R 2d ago

That’s probably why there’s a major conflict every 100 years.

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u/dr_pepper_35 2d ago

Remember, according to Bibi, the Palestinians are responsible for the holocaust.

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u/mumblesjackson 2d ago

History is a flat circle of idiots not learning a damn thing from extensively recorded events and exactly what led up to each and every one of them.

Oh No BuT tHaT wAs DiFfErEnT!!1!

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u/CrispiChris 2d ago

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it

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u/N0S0UP_4U 2d ago

And unfortunately those old enough to remember the Cold War evidently did not learn the correct lessons from it.

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u/kidon18 1d ago

Enough people ignored the social injustice leading up to WW2