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erronis

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3. The self-aggrandized powerful don't know history and don't contemplate the future.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 06:43 PM

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The cruelty of the Germans when they executed Edith Cavill was likely fresh in the minds of the Allies as they set up to handle the end of the war (WW-I).

The cruelty of the current US "administration" will be remembered for future resolutions.

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