WeedReference420

Yeah, learning about the various anti communist projects and how far NATO and the CIA were willing to go is harrowing, and it's made even worse when you tell people about it who act like you're some kind of Alex Jones style conspiracy nut. Will give that documentary a watch soon (and listen to all of Hell on Earth), thanks for posting it!

Same (I know you can save posts but I always forget to check lmao)

Yeah, while the series has always been super confused politically I remember one of the early games implied the Assassins were fighting for left wing governments in Central/South America which you'd never get in an AC game nowadays.

Between this guy and the Brabant Killers (who I very much feel are connected), I can't help but think that there was some Gladio style fuckery in Belgium in the 1980s

I feel like people like to defend the atomic bombings of Japan because it makes them seem like Very Grown Up and Adult Geopolitics Understanders Who Can Make Tough Decisions

This is a huge thing amongst mind numbing western pop historians and their fans, up to and including justifying the use of militant fascism against the left.

I forgot how hard Homer's line goes here

ＢＡＤ　ＴＯ　ＴＨＥ　ＢＯＮＥ　員以ワ詠

~~The Think Tanks that puppet~~ Starmer realised that the public largely supports a ceasefire so he's doing his classic move of pivoting (albeit far, far too late and with a whole bunch of caveats)

Field Marshal Zhukov failed to consider photoshopped chad Hitler