The part that is ironic is "they're no use tryin to save them, there's nothin left to save." because eventually, in the US, they try to help save, or restore, the civilizations that they killed off but cannot because they were too late.
The part isn't ironic is "The Great Nations of Europe had gathered on the shore.
They'd conquered what was behind them and now they wanted more,
so they looked to the mighty ocean and took to the Western sea -
the great nations of Europe in the 16th century." The reason why this isn't ironic is because one, it isn't a what it says vs what it means, two it isn't a what we know vs. what the character/speaker knows and three it isn't a expectation vs. actual situation.
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