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this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
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I think the US has been great at spreading the "we are so invincibly powerful" narrative, but, how would that actually work? Do you see the US military carpet-bombing their own cities? A nuke here and there?
Soldiers, in the end, are people. No matter how MAGA they can be, I bet most would think twice about bombing their own country and countrymen.
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I mean, there was WACO, but hopefully you're right and I'm just too used to these old narratives and exaggerating whatever inhumanity some Americans might have.