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David, Host of The Cold War

@coldwarhost.bsky.social

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Host of the Cold War Channel in YouTube. Independent Historian 20th Century, military, and Soviet and Post-Soviet spaces. Lifetime Spurs sufferer/supporter. He/him History exists in shades of grey and yet so many seek only black or white

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · Aug 3

So, this has been a lot of fun, and really good for my thought process on a bunch of things. I will add a few more probably as they occur to me but I am not going to hit 200+ posts, I apologize.

Please do consider supporting us (The Cold War Channel) on YouTube and/or Patreon!

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · Aug 1

OK, what the hell. I'll do this until i get bored or just run out of ideas:

1 Like = 1 Cold War opinion. Spiciness may vary.

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 3h

Did you sing the song, in honour of the vindaloo?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=va6n...

Fat Les - Vindaloo (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by UnionSquareMusic

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 3h

Dear LinkedIn,

This is a joke, right??

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 3h

This timeline is getting so weird.

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 5h

It's a shame that history keeps rhyming and rhyming and rhyming...

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 5h

It's very disconcerting to agree with her about anything...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I'm talking about the Epstein list. I genuinely don't understand why there's been any effort to hide this & prevent it from coming out. But b/c of the efforts for years now to hide it, it certainly makes you feel afraid when you're one of the ones truly on the frontlines."

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 7h

Best wishes on a speedy recovery and best results possible!

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 8h

The Jokes: "Since Antifa isn't an actual organization there is nobody to target. What a bunch of idiots the administration is"

The Reality: "ANYBODY they don't like will be simply labeled 'Antifa' and are therefore subject to persecution"

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 8h

Brower histories that may raise a few eyebrows...

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 14h

Is this real or am I in a coma?

Young Conservative with a Doctor Who question mark pullover.

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 9h

I was just reminded that six years ago I took an introductory flying lesson and it really was *AMAZING*

If I ever won the lottery...

me, standing next to a Cessna Skyhawk. The Cessna Skyhawk I GOT TO FLY

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 16d

Question for @mark-carney.bsky.social,

What is the status on Canadian purchase of the F-35? Is the nation proceeding with the purchase from an unreliable single-nation? Or will the French and Swedish options be pursued?

The report is overdue...

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 10h

congratulations, Lucy!

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 10h

Judging by the eventual results of the war (c1945), I am guessing it was a smashing success?

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 10h

the South Korean newspaper The Hankyoreh which had revealed the story initially. Col Kim stated that those killed were "probably just farmers".

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 10h

children and the elderly were gunned down as they tried to flee.

The Colonel in charge of the operation, Col Kim Ki-tae gave testimony in 2018 as part of the People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War, where he confirmed the events that had been reported in

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 10h

The raid was ordered by the Division headquarters as a retaliatory measure for the killing several days earlier of a ROK Major and Sergeant from sniper fire. As the troops moved into the village, buildings were set on fire and the residents of the village, mostly made up of women,

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 10h

OTD - October 9 1966 Troops from Seventh Company, 2nd Marine Division, Republic of Korea Army conduct a raid in the village of Binh Tai in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam. Anywhere between 29 and 168 civilians are murdered as the South Korean troops destroy the village.

South Korean soldiers deployed in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier stands prominently in front of other soldiers, holding an M1 rifle with a South Korean flag hanging from it

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 20h

Wasn't raking the forest Trump's suggestion on preventing forest fires?

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 21h

In English OR Spanish, tbh

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 21h

The sullen looking guy in the Jays ball cap walking in with his gf/wife is hilarious to me

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 22h

An evening at the opera...Gounod's Romeo and Juliette, performed by @canadianopera.bsky.social

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 21h

I actually grew up in Ottawa. Which also has no T's in it 😅

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 21h

Toronto.

There is only one T in that word, you know.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 22h

An evening at the opera...Gounod's Romeo and Juliette, performed by @canadianopera.bsky.social

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 22h

It's just so...disconnected?

David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 22h

YT Comments...left on a video about the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

I don't even know what to say...

It Amazing How Ignorant The Deamonrat Useful Idiots in America Are ! They Have No Idea, How Evil & Brutal Communism is, The Education (INDOCTRINATION) System Teaches Nothing About This or the 1968 Czechoslovakia Russian Invasion !

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow at 19:00BST I’ll be on @ww2tv.bsky.social having a chat with Woody about Jungle Commandos and answering your questions! So if there’s something you want to know about the Third Arakan and/or the book, now is your chance to ask! ☺️

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