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[-] asg101@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

The paper tiger is beginning to shred. Hopefully.

[-] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

The US, famous for just rolling over. You guys are on more copium than imperial japan and it’s hilarious.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The US has a lot of criticism that can be leveled at it, but "paper tiger" certainly isn't one.

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Literally the Vietnamese called the US a paper tiger and then kicked the US' ass.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

If what the US did to Vietnam and Cambodia over 20+ years is a "paper tiger" then uh, I don't think a real tiger exists.

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Do genocide and fail at winning wars against relatively small impoverished nations?

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

I guess if killing 1million+ Vietnamese is something a "paper tiger" does sure the US is a "paper tiger."

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Yes. This isn't call of duty where the goal is to kill as many people as possible. The US got its ass kicked.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes I get it. The US lost the Vietnam war. The issue is that a "paper tiger" doesn't kill 1million+ people. Losing a war doesn't mean you are a paper tiger.

Is Hamas also a paper tiger? Russia? Israel?

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quit coping, you're clearly in the wrong here.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

I'd say that the vietnamese soldier who made the claim and almost certainly was killed by the "paper tiger" was wrong.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ, listen to yourself.

[-] 5ublimation@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago
[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

So paper tiger's kill 1million+ people and then someone else's capital city is renamed? Is the US the only "paper tiger" to ever exist? I figured the expression would be much older then the US.

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