Pentagon refuses payout for soldiers who died in Iran conflict ‘because it isn’t a war’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/pentagon-refuses-payout-soldiers-died-135214171.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/pentagon-refuses-payout-soldiers-died-135214171.html
17 Comments
Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 3d
Hey national guard in DC. If you decide to end this today by storming the white house and capitol, you have the full support of the American people
mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 26 pts · 3d
Most of the people I've known in the national guard are part of the problem and not the ones likely to stand up to Trump...
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 3d
Same with most second amendment people. They would have been happy to take out Obama though for giving them health care.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 3d
Bonus Army Riot round 3, Bonus Army Riot round 3!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army
BTW, note the different approaches to this.
Republicans: Send in MacArthur and Patton with tanks to drive them out.
Democrats: Give them jobs in the CCC, along with a field camp to feed and house them for the protest.
Now which party is it that supports veterans again?
BigMacHole@thelemmy.club · 29 pts · 3d
This is how you KNOW that Republicans are PRO
LOSER AND SUCKER!SOLDIER AND MILITARY!MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3d
This is some Russia tier bullshit. RIP America
Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 3d
I have little sympathy for those who choose to fight in America's imperial wars.
Especially as the US army is full of closet fascists who helped this regime in to power.
Malica@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 3d
I have sympathy for their families though, who now have to pay the bills solo
Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 3d
True.
Although I do still have some sympathy for those who join the military, often because of economic need, or because they're pressured into it by those who surround them at a young age.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3d
*Imperial military conflict
Bhaelfur@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3d
Reminds me a little bit of the motive for the villain in The Rock.
degen@midwest.social · 12 pts · 3d
"Don't you know we're just killing people for fun here?"
Zephorah@discuss.online · 12 pts · 3d
Billions in personal accounts and they pull this shit. Sounds spot on for maga.
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3d
They got billions in personal accounts by pulling this shit
therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 3d
Hey... treating your vets like shit is a perfectly viable option - just ask Czarist Russia.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3d
How many military people voted for this?
adhocfungus@midwest.social · 4 pts · 2d
Our last "official" war was Desert Storm thirty years ago. Have there seriously been no payouts since then? Or is our government trying even harder to torpedo their base for no reason?