Some things are still sacred.

[esmesquall]

Hey, OK, remember that one time a bunch of countries were fighting this one war that was endless and terrible and propelled by chest-thumping jingoistic nonsense and finally everybody was like OK ENOUGH ALREADY OK and so instead of anybody waving white flags or Mission Accomplished banners they were all (all of them!) like OK, on the eleventh hour

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[roninspoon]

I didn't get any free beer.

I GOT FREE WHISKEY!

[kensey]

The war came close enough to ending three years earlier to scare the British command. If it had been left to the soldiers in the trenches they might well have ended the war right then.