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> Why Americans are not rioting in the streets is beyond me. And why people still work for the military. If I worked for the military I'd be willing to fight
by wolvoleo 8mo ago
> Why Americans are not rioting in the streets is beyond me.
And why people still work for the military.
If I worked for the military I'd be willing to fight in defensive operations but not this kind of oil imperialism. This is only going to make the world less safe because there's a whole new generation of people whose families got killed and now have an axe to grind and they're going to come after those who did it. Iran isn't even that bad (it seems to be mostly military targets) but in Lebanon they're levelling entire city blocks again.
The last Iraq war created ISIS. The Afghan war didn't accomplish anything, things got back to square one in two months. What's the plan for Iran after the war? Oh wait there isn't one. Again. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/israel-iran-us-attack-no-plan-for-regime-change-security-sources https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/israel-iran-us...
- reverius42 8mo agoThe thing about the military is, once you join, you don't get to decide whether you fight for this kind of oil imperialism -- it's follow orders or go to military prison. (You might, separately, be able to sue from military prison claiming the orders were illegal, but good luck with that.) You definitely don't get to just quit.
- wolvoleo 8mo agoI thought you could resign your commission or something? I've heard of that. I'm not in the military of course and I couldn't be, I'm not a team player and tou unstable, I would spiral out of control in such an environment. But I thought there were ways of getting out of it.