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Ah, Cold War hours... (lemmy.world)

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ho went to the Paris Peace Conf after ww1 and tried to get recognition - thinking one country that threw off the yoke of colonialism might help another out....

but that would make sense. sigh.

https://docsteach.org/documents/document/ho-chi-minh-lansing

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He forgot to be white. A classic blunder.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

not wrong.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's no guarantee that the US would've been supportive under another leader, but considering that Wilson went out of his way to antagonize non-white petitioners in the conferences after WW1, including the powerful and allied Japanese Empire, I imagine that we can add at least a few more pineapples shoved up Wilson's ass in hell for that.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I imagine that we can add at least a few more pineapples shoved up Wilson’s ass in hell for that.

capitol idea, huzzah.