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Still blows my mind that people legitimately think war is some type of organized sport where the country's militaries get at each other while leaving civilians alone
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Anonymous 20w

Because they stopped televising what war actually looks like. The elites learned their lesson after Vietnam.

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Anonymous 20w

I mean Tbf if you don’t know much about modern war and grow up hearing about Geneva conventions and international law and whatnot I think it’s forgivable to be confused

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Anonymous 20w

That’s an awful lot of words to say you’re OK with war crimes

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 20w

Pretty sure the Ukraine conflict has the most footage released out of any war or major conflict ever, first few days of Israel/Palestine following October 7th saw a ton of footage leaks as well.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 20w

But for the most part you're right, not because the footage is inaccessible, but because media doesn't mention it, so it's "out of sight out of mind" for the majority.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 20w

True, I also think they teach you so much about peace/diplomacy and so little about modern battlefields intentionally

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20w

Absolutely, they do not want people realizing that America is an empire with little to no regard for most human lives

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 20w

What? War is televised everywhere, you can literally watch live footage from current conflicts and see insane footage you never would’ve even imagined a few decades ago

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 20w

Well yeah, that's what I'm getting at. You CAN literally watch it, but if these videos were available during previous eras, they would have been streamed simultaneously by every TV channel in the country. Nowadays there's so many videos yet news channels are more concerned with trans bathrooms or whatever the hot button issue of the week is.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 20w

What percentage of Americans do you think have watched a video of the US or Israel kill kids or a US soldier blown up by an ied?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 20w

Footage from conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East is everywhere. Literally everywhere. A person choosing not to watch it doesn’t mean it’s been deliberately hidden. Not to mention the amount of documentaries and TV series that follow actual U.S. forces in our wars and literally show units taking fire and casualties

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Anonymous replying to -> alphanerd 20w

I'm not OK with war as a generality

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