things that make you L0L

[orelalaith]

Originally posted by godix at post

In the "War is not hell, it's DUMB" category:

On June 28th 1898, a couple months into the Spanish-American war, the US sent a gunship, the U.S.S. Charleston, to capture Guam. When it arrived, it fired on the Spanish fort to determine the level of resistance. There was no response. Shortly afterward, a small boat with

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[marlowe1]

There was also some woman that was helping the Cuban rebels in some small way. Hearst made a big deal out of it, sent his reporter to Cuba and when it looked like he wasn't going to get an interview, wired enough money to the reporter to bribe the guards and get her out of her minimum security prison so he could ship her to America and have a big celebration of her release.

And then forgot about her because she was boring out of jail.