The topic was why it took the shitlibs and Hasanabi-watching leftists (lol) a fucking tattoo to denounce Graham Platner, an Iraq veteran who did 4 trips to the war zone and then joined the Blackwater mercenary company to kill even more people.

  • NikkiB
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    2 months ago

    I didn’t mean to imply you held beliefs you didn’t. You’re just losing me on the point about education. They didn’t join because of deception or disinformation, they joined because they wanted what the military offered them. This is not someone you can “educate” into different behaviors, right? What would you even tell them?

    • La Dame d'AzurEnglish
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      2 months ago

      The bribes are effective in part because many don’t understand what they sign up for. A good chunk of Americans don’t know about the war crimes our military commits or the toxic, fascistic culture within it and at worst only oppose our overseas adventures because they think it’s a waste of money and don’t like our soldiers dying in wars they think were unjust.

      I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people tell me - even people who’ve actually served - that the US military is completely/mostly clean. In their minds war crimes are something other countries do, not ours. There’s also a disconnect from those who think along the lines of “Oh, well, I just worked in the Motor Pool! I didn’t kill anybody!” who are obviously in denial about their role in the imperial machine and how they contributed to the barbarism even if they didn’t directly partake.