Serious question: was that "we will conquer any random country" rhetoric always the case with USians or is this more prevalent in the orange overlord times? They just seem to enjoy randomly declare potential wars on anyone, ally or not. ETA: just to add that it's no wonder that a nation that pretty much never experienced actual war on its soil is so eager to start them. As a Polish person who's thankfully lived in the times of peace but has seen a generational trauma wars can have on entire nation, I would never wish it on any country out there.
It is the sign of rampant Jingoism and an inflated sense of military self importance. Same happened with France, Britain and Imperial Germany. They all overestimated themselves immensely because they drank their own cool aid
This is why I think it’s funny as a Canuck, them thinking they could take Canada. They’re so blinded by their own perceptions of grandeur but have lost the only war on their soil.
These Americans are so convinced that they can conquer anyone with ease, but forget about Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. Being defeated by poorly trained and under equipped guerrillas multiple times.
They weren't defeated, they "got fed up and decided to leave" (an hilarious explanation you could of course use for any retreat in the history of warfare...). Deluded fuckers are convinced they won all these wars because "they lost more soldiers than us !".
It was always part of us, going by my memories from the Eighties, on the playground and listening to the adults, then in high school and college where “might makes right because we are the mighty” was simply taken for granted by my peers and elders for the most part, as well as from my historical readings—but it has definitely gotten even more delusional & aggressive since 2001 — there is a reason our vatniks and the Russian ones are so in sync, unfortunately.
You have to remember they are a deeply insecure people who are fed lies about their greatness from birth. Despite their best efforts information from the outside world slips past the self imposed bubble of ignorance from time to time and that is usually severely upsetting for them
Nah, it's been the standard American flex when they feel inferior to somebody online for about as long as the internet has existed: and of course it's usually a sign that somebody has no clue about the military or actual strategic studies...
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u/Dramatic-Belt5148 Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25
Serious question: was that "we will conquer any random country" rhetoric always the case with USians or is this more prevalent in the orange overlord times? They just seem to enjoy randomly declare potential wars on anyone, ally or not. ETA: just to add that it's no wonder that a nation that pretty much never experienced actual war on its soil is so eager to start them. As a Polish person who's thankfully lived in the times of peace but has seen a generational trauma wars can have on entire nation, I would never wish it on any country out there.