>USS Maine
>Lusitania
>Pearl Harbor
Why does America always get so butthurt about its ships?
>>2629332
cause of war baby
>>2629332
because they're buttblasted muh heritage larpers
>>2629332
The "butthurtedness" is just a show to rile up the people to go apeshit on the people the government labels enemies
>>2629332
Because they haven't fought a war on their own soil since the Civil War, so their ships and military bases getting blown up are really the only ways for a foreign power to attack and kill American citizens.
>>2629332
>excuse to seize Spanish colonies
>excuse for pushing democracy across the globe
>excuse to seize command of the Pacific
The Americans aren't actually mad, they're just being opportunistic bastards.