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when people say the US military exists for self defence
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@anokasion the US treats literally the whole world as a battle map for potential combat, COM refers to command zones of the armed forces
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@piggo @lanodan @duponin assad's chemical attacks weren't a hoax you're thinking of saddam (post anfal of course)
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@piggo @duponin @lanodan huh didn't know about that, wild
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@emilis @lanodan @duponin covid19 is based on the year 2019 and it was a good illustration of the folly of your previous post.
the revolutions of 1848 were hugely significant as another example.
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@emilis @duponin @lanodan
coronavirus disease of 2019
war of 1812

not much difference
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@emilis @duponin @lanodan that's the extended name of the virion not of the pandemic disease. the pandemic itself has no official name that i know of, it's just "2019 coronavirus pandemic". so yeah it's a good point.
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@emilis @duponin @lanodan hell the world wars are named according to number
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@emilis @duponin @lanodan you're being exceedingly pedantic with this "coronavirus is a specific term because it's a subset of virus but war isn't a subset so it's general"
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@emilis @duponin @lanodan >world war I was called the great war (before the second came along)
yes and the depression in 1893 was originally called the great depression before 1929. you're attaching specific significance or rather insignificance to the presence of a date rather than looking at the bigger issue which is what the content of an event's name says about its significance.
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