i fucking hate it when people think the military is something to be proud about, or that we should kiss the exalted assholes of men in the forces. they aren't "giving their lives for you", they're giving their lives to maintain american hegemony on the bodies of civilians from other countries.
not to mention it just contributes to their sense of entitlement and belief that they can justify anything in the name of "protecting" the us, even shit like shooting down airliners because hey it might have been a military plane, right? which i guess at least exposes the lie that soldiers protect civilians with their lives, too bad no one gives a shit.
yeah me too, it's fucked up beyond belief that being even slightly critical of the military in public or media means you have to simultaneously reaffirm how great it is.
i fucking hate the nuremberg defense especially when talking to vets of afghanistan who talk about how 'troubled' they were carrying out order x or y but never thinking about ... not doing them?
i do also hate it when blame is only put on them because it should be on everyone up the fucking chain of command as well everyone knows damn well they encourage if not outright order it, but that doesn't mean i think less blame should be put on the soldier.
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yes, exactly, the whole shit is fucked. officers would relate watching their soliders beating up afghanis at checkpoints and going "It made me sick" YOU'RE AN OFFICER THEN FUCKING WRITE THEM UP SHITHEAD
military people are creepy as fuck. when i was 14 i did a mini-boot camp thing and wtf, those people... one officer started crying b/c he was so upset about norway not buying our planes. and then he got excited about (i think) the war in afghanistan b/c it meant more money from weapons sales
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-29 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)i fucking hate it when people think the military is something to be proud about, or that we should kiss the exalted assholes of men in the forces. they aren't "giving their lives for you", they're giving their lives to maintain american hegemony on the bodies of civilians from other countries.
not to mention it just contributes to their sense of entitlement and belief that they can justify anything in the name of "protecting" the us, even shit like shooting down airliners because hey it might have been a military plane, right? which i guess at least exposes the lie that soldiers protect civilians with their lives, too bad no one gives a shit.
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-29 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)i'm ok with that
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-29 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)fuck that
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-29 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)i do also hate it when blame is only put on them because it should be on everyone up the fucking chain of command as well everyone knows damn well they encourage if not outright order it, but that doesn't mean i think less blame should be put on the soldier.
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-29 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)we mostly only have it in a defensive capacity though
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-29 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)can you read
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-29 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)srsly
killing nonwhite people in foreign countries is not protecting our freedom but ofc amerikans can't use any critical thought in this at all
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-29 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)but but many of our soldiers are poc
and poor
that excuses everything obviously
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