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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I am a US veteran

Nothing makes me cringe harder than someone thanking me for my service

Even though I personally didn't do anything horrible, it's still making me remember one of the worst experiences of my life

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 19 points 3 days ago

It only seems to be a US only thing. I assume it's because the military is such a big thing for the US where other countries just see having a military almost as a chore.

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[–] Viiksisiippa@lemm.ee 40 points 4 days ago (13 children)

There is absolutely no reason to blindly respect someone just because they’ve “served their country.” We don’t know what they’ve done. We have so many examples of soldiers doing horrible things to civilians around the world that blind respect is simply not warranted.

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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 28 points 4 days ago

“Protecting freedom” by torturing and bombing people halfway across the world

[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 36 points 4 days ago (20 children)

People got mad at this one streamer for saying American soldiers deserve PTSD. When you consider that most interventions by the US are not justified or just imperial power plays, and that many soldiers commit war crimes, you realize she has a point.

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

FYI: top right is prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib

done by American genociders and murderers.

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[–] cone_zombie@lemmy.ml 54 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The amount of cope in this thread is astonishing. I never thought I'd see an actual person justifying killing hundreds of thousands of civilians with a straight face. But here we are

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[–] Owlboi@lemm.ee 24 points 4 days ago (8 children)

reminds me of how they always try to justify the nuking of japan cities that had hundreds of thousands of civillians (twice even)

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[–] guismo@aussie.zone 74 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I wish I could post this here in Australia without getting rocks from every white Australian. You can search my post history to see their reaction to questioning this.

Australia was involved in every one of those crimes. And the celebration for those meaningless murders are everywhere. Questioning this is questioning the sacrifice of Jesus.

Though by order of our north american overlords the US should not be alone in that title.

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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 78 points 4 days ago (6 children)
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[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 100 points 5 days ago (33 children)

The mods at non credible defence aren't going to like this.

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[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (8 children)

There are many truths. All those pictures are true so are fighting Nazis, imperialism, and famine. See the whole picture not just the part that supports your bias and political position.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 days ago (22 children)

The US fights for Imperialism and famine, though. It doesn't engage in war for moral reasons, but for profit, and as the world Hegemon, that directly incentivizes US Imperialism.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The U.S doesn’t give a fuck about their people. Women are being charged when they have a miscarriage. Seriously. WTF is wrong with you people???

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The US is founded on settler-colonialism and genocide, and is currently the world's largest Empire.

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Remember that good thing we did once? That means we can now ransack other 3rd world countries for profit, and fight in every country we can make a profit.

[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 days ago

When have U.S. troops fought against imperialism?

And if you're hanging your hat on (reluctantly) being on the right side of one war 80 years ago, it's time for a hard look in the mirror.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (7 children)

But, Elon is throwing the Nazi salute. Your government is stripping away peoples rights. The whole picture is, the U.S. is stripping people of their constitutional rights.

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[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The ONLY reason they temporarily (and royally late) fought nazis was to stop the Soviets from liberating the whole of western Europe.
European competition nicely destroyed after which these vultures made us their vasals.
If anything they helped plenty nazis escape or rehabilitated them.
And I'm sure they caused more famines than solved them.

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