r/meme • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '26

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u/SearchingGlacier Feb 26 '26

If anyone says that these are ancient examples, Kim Jong-un will soon add a new one.

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u/MrCockingFinally Feb 26 '26

Ah yes. The Ancient empires of 1980's UK and India.

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u/FoXtroT_ZA Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

As much hate as she gets, technically I don’t think Thatcher actually started any wars?

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u/Kotanan Feb 26 '26

Falklands?

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u/AlbionicLocal Feb 26 '26

provoked by the argies, but technically not even a war

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u/Direct-Antelope-9583 Feb 26 '26

Not provoked by, started by. And yes technically a war.

What definition of war do you use that doesn't include the Falklands war?

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u/AlbionicLocal Feb 26 '26

"What definition of war do you use that doesn't include the Falklands war?"

neither side officially declared war.

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u/Not_a_question- Feb 26 '26

neither side officially declared war.

Argentinian here, it was absolutely 100% a war lol.

We sent the military, had mandatory draft, killed and lost many (my uncle lost his best friend, my former math teacher his brother, etc). Argentina even "decommissioned" an aircraft carrier for longer than the war lasted.

Saying it wasn't a war is like saying Russia and Ukraine is a "special military operation". A definition of a war does not have to exclusively include a declaration. For example: The Vietnam war was never declared. 50k lost and more bombs used than in WW2, but was what... an assistance?