He is, in fact, doing unto others what had been done to Jews by a homicidal & later suicidal (thankfully) madman White supremacist.

#MoralInversion #HistoricalIrony

Historical image of Russian Empire

He was saved by the 'Miracle of the House of Brandenburg'. Russia's Empress Elizabeth died; her successor pulled Russia from the war. #historicalirony

William Bentinck:

History remembers the reforms. Forgets the deaths.

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#History #WilliamBentinck #IndiaHistory #Famine #SocialReform #EastIndiaCompany #BritishEmpire #EconomicPolicy #ColonialHistory #HistoricalIrony #BritishHistory

Zrínyi fell in the charge, and his garrison was wiped out. But while the defenders died, history had already shifted. Suleiman the Magnificent, the aging Sultan, had died of illness in his tent days earlier. The Ottomans hid it to avoid panic. #HistoricalIrony #Suleiman

It’s also important to remember that Netanyahu invented this conflict to keep himself out of court and, thus, jail for his corruption crimes. But we’ll add his war crimes to the list. #HistoricalIrony

5/11 The devastating irony wasn't lost on Grossman:

"Reading in newspapers the association of 'Israel' and 'hunger' – especially when this comes from our own history, from our supposed sensitivity to human suffering – this is devastating."
#HistoricalIrony #MoralResponsibility

A vintage meme quoting Harry Truman on how reactionaries weaponized the term “socialism” to attack basic public policy.

They Called It Socialism

Truman in 1952: “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.”
Guess what? It still is.

#HistoricalIrony #TrumanTruths #TheyCalledItSocialism

Reflash if you’re tired of public good being demonized.

5/8 Congressman Jim Himes, who attended Harvard and Oxford with Carney in the late '80s, posted: "If I had said to him, 'Mark, someday Donald Trump will make you prime minister of Canada', he would have called campus security."
#CDNpoli #HistoricalIrony

4/8 His second citizenship attempt proved equally farcical when he tripped on a carpet while entering to take his oath.

One observer compared it to "Napoleon appearing on the world stage in his underwear."

The press revelled in this "constitutional comedy."
#HistoricalIrony #Hitler #TrumpThreat

4/8 That campaign saw three American generals fail spectacularly: Montgomery was killed at Quebec, Thomas died of smallpox, & Benedict Arnold—"disgusted with a Congress rather less craven and incompetent than its contemporary successor"—eventually became a traitor.
#MilitaryFailures #HistoricalIrony

When your party’s propaganda works too well, and the ghost of Reagan is left speechless. #ReaganRollingInHisGrave #MAGAisMisinformation #CriticalThinkingMatters #PropagandaWorks #AmericanDecline #HistoricalIrony #BlindLoyalty #CultOfIgnorance

🚢⚓️ 'A U.S. ship that survived Pearl Harbor was sunk by a British submarine during the Falklands War' transformed into a captivating narrative of wartime fate.

What do you think about the unpredictable twists of history?

#WarStories #HistoricalIrony

"Franz von Papen, former Chancellor, told Hindenburg: 'We've hired Hitler for our purposes.' His infamous quote: 'Within two months, we will have pushed Hitler so far into a corner that he'll squeak.' Narrator: They did not. #HistoricalIrony" 4/5

Godfather II: "Hey, Cuba is going to be great!" #historicalirony