Guilherme
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There is a mythology the U.S. built around the American War in Vietnam. It goes like this:
Young idealistic soldiers were sent into an unwinnable situation by confused politicians.
They came home broken and unappreciated.
It was a tragedy. A mistake. A lesson learned.
Notice what that story does.
It centers Americans.
Their trauma. Their confusion. Their homecoming. Their feelings.
In this story, the Vietnamese people are a backdrop.
A jungle. An obstacle. An abstraction.
Three million dead Vietnamese people are the scenery for a story about American self-discovery.
They made hundreds of movies about Vietnam.
The Deer Hunter. Apocalypse Now. Platoon. Full Metal Jacket. Born on the Fourth of July. Hamburger Hill.
Count how many of them center a Vietnamese character with a full human life, a family, a name you remember after the credits roll.
They turned our genocide into their coming-of-age story.
They lost the war and still managed to make themselves the main character.
And then, with extraordinary arrogance, they put their soldiers' names on a wall in Washington and call it a memorial, as if the dead to be mourned were the people who flew 10,000 miles to do the killing.
Where is the wall for our three million?
There isn't one.
Because in their telling, we were never quite real enough to mourn.
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Irã recusa plano dos EUA e faz sua proposta inaceitável a Trump
www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2026/03/…
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Pearl Jam is legitimately awful and by far the worst grunge band, and I like grunge. They're sad dad music that plays at dive bars where lonely men slump over their shitty piss beers. Don't @ me.
beep@beepbat
I knew from the moment I first heard pearl jam I fucking hated them
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>age 20 in 1967
I think youre forgetting about something here
no context memes@nocontextmemes
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pra quem está duvidando que o Noel não perdoou nem as velhas sem dente no RJ tá ai kkkkkkkk
mas pode ser mentira tb, nunca saberemos
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BOMBSHELL: A former CIA officer confirms the US is deploying its most elite kill squads to the Middle East. Delta Force, SEAL Team 6, and the 75th Ranger Regiment are all moving into position right now. They are preparing for a massive ground invasion.
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@BernieSanders Dude, get off your ass and go burn some shit instead of posting on Twitter
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Trump, Netanyahu and Putin: plunging the world into barbarism, oligarchy and authoritarianism.
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Esclarecimento sobre arte com conexões de Daniel Vorcaro exibida no Estúdio i.
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Trump: "Tomorrow morning, we were expected to blow up their largest electric generating plants that cost over $10 billion to build. One shot. It's gone. It collapses. Why would they want that? So they called. I didn't call. They called. They want to make a deal."
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Here's the best case scenario for this war:
- The Iranian regime capitulates
- It is replaced by a transition Government, as the country prepares for its first election since 1952
- The U.S. gets more control of the Strait of Hormuz, giving it an edge over China in the AI race (i.e. energy race)
- Iran goes back to its secular roots with a blossoming economy, normalizing relations with Israel
- Hezbollah gives up its weapons, and Israel pulls out of Lebanon
- Lebanon goes through a period of rapid economic growth as it gradually normalizes relations with Israel
- Syria's President succesfuly unifies the country, and begins rebuilding as Israel pulls out of remaining territory
- The Houthis move away from Iran and begin normalizing relations with neighboring Gulf nations
- Hamas give up their weapons, and we finally start seeing progress towards a two-state solution
I know this is a pipe dream, but hey, let's be optimistic for once
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When I wore my #oasis t-shirt to @UFCEurope tonight, never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d see @NoelGallagher! So I did something I’ve never done before. 📸
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