Re:Polymarket refuses to pay bets that US would 'invade' Ven...
by ux266478 on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @03:52PM
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While true, the US did actually invade Imperial Japan. They captured nearly all the Ryukyu islands before the atomic bombings.
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Re:Polymarket refuses to pay bets that US would 'invade' Ven...
by terminalshort on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @04:02PM
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Yes, that's an invasion! And the Japanese invaded the Aleutian Islands during WWII. Taking even a barely inhabited frozen rock by force is an invasion. Has nothing to do with the scale of destruction.