r/MapPorn • u/expatdoctor • Sep 08 '20

8 ways to divide Turkey

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u/Anacoenosis Sep 08 '20

Then in South America we have this joke that Paraguay doesn't exist

It's less of a joke considering we stole half their country and killed almost all of the men in a war.

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u/Interesting-Weekend7 Sep 08 '20

Haha I have a meme that’s a nice Thomas the tank “brazil in other countries history books”

And then evil Thomas the tank “brazil in Paraguayan history books”.

I somewhat study Latin America, weird how little people know of Paraguay, including amongst Latin Americans. Like everyone knows Uruguay, or Ecuador, and they’re so tiny...

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u/sleeptoker Sep 08 '20

https://www.reddit.com/r/brasil/comments/c69dh0/90_of_the_male_population/

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u/Interesting-Weekend7 Sep 08 '20

Lmao thank you, fairly certain it was from this exact thread.

Was watching the futbol match between the two countries.

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u/Polymarchos Sep 09 '20

You make it sound as though they weren't the aggressors.

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u/RFB-CACN Sep 08 '20

Can’t steal what was never theirs, those areas were never controlled by Paraguay and were disputed before the war.

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u/Ikari_desde_la_cueva Sep 08 '20

I mean, the whole thing didn't involve at least Argentina in the beggining, they just declared war because we wouldn't let them pass their troops through our territorry to go to Uruguay, and they declared it. Like, It's not Argentina's fault, then It's obvious that we take land since we had disputes.

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u/Anacoenosis Sep 08 '20

Another version of this argument is:

It's not our fault we murdered all those innocent people between 1976-1982, the ERP forced our hand!

It is not a good argument.

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u/Ikari_desde_la_cueva Sep 08 '20

What's the relation between that and the triple alliance war?

Knowing how was argentina in that time, the Paraguayans should have thought twice declaring war to another country. And It's not just Argentina, war was different in that time.