that may be so in the ‘normal’ state.

However that aggressive imperialist regime is more that often terrorising another country.
And that can be for many years and they can waste shitloads of money on wildly expensive missiles, bombs and bullets.
Barely kicked out of Afghanistan and they’re already mobilising to harrass Venezezuela, not coincidentally the country with the biggest oil reserves op the planet.

They only entered when it was certain the Soviets would win and get all of Europe.
The allieds together only fought about 15% of the nazis, the rest was on the eastern front.
They were there to save their nazi friends, help them escape or fight the Soviets.
And yes the americans, vultures as they are, surely put their people in charge.
And those people were nazis, fully rehabilitated .

Well they actually fought the nazis

Most of the time it’s sit around and look threatening enough that trade is protected.

What? where would that be?

And in no way that is protecting trade the biggest part of their horrible activities.
Unless it’s drug trade like cocaine in the contra scandal or heroin from Afghanistan.

Russia hasn’t got a death count near the US.
The US has lost everything after WW2, and there they played a small role despite the Hollywood fantasy depictions.
(I forgot the heroic victory against Grenada)

What are you talking about?
No country even comes close.

That would take effort and risk.
Bombing brown people from a distance is much easier.

Yep, you can sit behind your screen and click on the wedding where the drone should strike.

The ‘I joined bcs I needed an education’ was the first excuse.
This is the follow up.
They have to rationalise it to themselves.
As if there’s any reason to justify joining the worst and most prolific killing machine on the planet.

You’re right except that my (EU) view of Lemmy is that it’s not really left leaning.
The large amout of anti-Trump/Musk post doesn’t make it so.
A large part of it is US dems/libs making those posts. They are center-right at best.
And I should know since I point that out to them and see the reaction.
Massive downvotes and an avalanche of vicious comments.