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Men just causing wars

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MsTigs · 28/02/2026 19:37

Is there a war they didn’t cause?

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Work9to5 · 28/02/2026 19:50

MsTigs · 28/02/2026 19:43

Oh dear, embarrassing lack of knowledge (yours) ..

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Give me a history lesson then.

Sparklespecs · 28/02/2026 19:49

MsTigs · 28/02/2026 19:43

Oh dear, embarrassing lack of knowledge (yours) ..

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Argentina invaded the Falklands Islands. Margaret Thatcher had a choice to go to war over it or take some other path. She went to war over it.

I’m not suggesting that was the wrong choice, it wasn’t, but it’s an example of a female leader going to war.

PinkCatCushion · 28/02/2026 19:48

It would be so much better if we just put the leaders, who want to go to war, into an arena and they fight each other to death.

I guess they would think twice about it then, what with Trumps bone spurs and all…

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MsTigs · 28/02/2026 19:43

Work9to5 · 28/02/2026 19:38

The Falklands war....

Oh dear, embarrassing lack of knowledge (yours) ..

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Sparklespecs · 28/02/2026 19:41

Golda Meir in 1973.

Indira Ghandi in 1971.

Elizabeth I was actively involved in military campaigns and imperial expansion.

Not a war as such, but Mary I executed (horribly) a large number of Protestants.

Margaret Thatcher in 1982.

Work9to5 · 28/02/2026 19:38

The Falklands war....

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