Von Steuben was much-beloved by the troops - in part because he was a big, imposing, proper military fellow who swept in to teach them how to fight a real war at the Continental Army’s darkest hour, and in part because he made a great effort to understand and communicate with the American enlisted men. But also because he, a German fresh from Europe, spoke some French but no English, but very quickly made it a priority to add English profanity to his vocabulary so he could curse in three languages. Soldiery never changes, it seems!

The lively and rough Von Steuben would continue drilling American forces for the rest of the war, writing the first and longest-lasting US military manual, establishing traditions of the US Army, and eventually retiring to a peaceful existence in the new US with his two (ahem) ‘adopted sons’; both officers who he met during the Revolutionary War.

Far fewer, not systematically; mostly unnaturalized immigrants and those with connections to the Italian government. Many of them were released before the war’s end. But yes.

[cackling in ‘anyone-but-shithead-worshiper’]

TERF island is at it again, huh?

Oh yeah, Israel was instrumental in Hamas’s rise and sustainment. It’s just that Hamas would never have gotten the opening if Fatah didn’t become either hilariously or sickeningly corrupt, depending on whether you feel like laughing or crying at the absurdism of the world at the given moment.

And now Israel is trying to genocide Palestinians while blaming their own tool, Hamas. What a fucking shitshow.

Every source I’ve seen refers to it as a tricycle. I don’t know what the additional two wheels are for, but they aren’t touching the ground in the pic, so I’m inclined to keep the original description.

Third wheel is in the back.

How is that a response to what I said?

Probably has something to do with Hamas being a bunch of institutionally anti-democratic Islamist shitheads who took power from Fatah, an actual left-wing and secular and at least nominally pro-egalitarian organization, because Fatah was corrupt - only for Hamas to prove themselves as corrupt as Fatah ever was.

But sure, let’s celebrate Hamas and their imposition of women wearing hijab in public and forbidding them to leave without guardians, or the brutal murder of LGBT folk trying to flee, or the complete dismantling of democratic infrastructure in Gaza.

Hamas are fucking shitheads. It’s just that Hamas being shitheads doesn’t justify Israel’s ongoing attempt at genocide.

Very brave people.

Holy fucking shit, I need to eat my shoe

No, Kbin is having some federation issues, it would seem.

Thanks! Looking from my alt account I’ve been intermittently having the same problem. I think it’s on Kbin’s end, unfortunately.