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lbktort t1_j1r2fwf wrote
Reply to South Korea fires shots, sends jets after invading North drones | Military News by Thebirdman333
"Yonhap news agency later said South Korea’s military fired about 100 shots but failed to shoot any down." That's not good.
lbktort t1_iybeie8 wrote
Reply to comment by BallardRex in Lithuania should phase out Russian language teaching - president's adviser by Interrete
The US and German example is just one, but I think it is relevant. WW1 era Americans certainly felt there was a genuine threat and were not quite as cool about their own situation as you are in retrospect.
lbktort t1_iybaraz wrote
Reply to comment by BallardRex in Lithuania should phase out Russian language teaching - president's adviser by Interrete
The US bans on German in WW1 were also sold using national security rhetoric.
lbktort t1_iyb8p8k wrote
Excluding Russian from the list of options seems unreasonable given Lithuania borders Russia. Putin won't be around in 50 years, but the Russian language will be. This reminds me of the US frowning upon German speaking communities in WW1.
"When the U.S. entered World War I, it mounted a war on German as well as Germany. Almost all American schools stopped teaching German." https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/653544#:~:text=On%20May%2023%2C%201918%2C%20Iowa,the%20language%20of%20the%20enemy.
lbktort t1_jaevxq3 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Germany tells Israel death penalty would be a mistake by misana123
Nazi Germany doesn't exist anymore.