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So what's the take away here? We need to pay even more money to the US military? $800 BILLION a year isn't enough? > The ones Vice-President Biden called "th

So what's the take away here? We need to pay even more money to the US military? $800 BILLION a year isn't enough? > The ones Vice-President Biden called "the finest warriors in the history of the world"? Does anyone think this level of appalling ignorance and arrogance helps the US in any way? I know Biden was excited about Bin Laden's death but come on. These so-called warriors followed a tip and snuck up on some people who they massively outgunned and managed to kill them. I wouldn't even consider that "greatest warrior of the month" material. P.S. Can we please keep this political nonsense off HN? I don't know how many people outside the US are going to care too much about the plight of ex-mercenaries.

comrh 14y ago
The take away here is in the US we pump a ton of money into our military for what happens on the battlefield and then forget completely about the people who come back and have to reintegrate into society. US soliders have extremely high rates of suicide, depression, divorce, ect because we do nothing to get these people support afterwards. I agree though, this has no place on HN.
shadowfiend 14y ago
‘We need to pay even more money to the US military? $800 BILLION a year isn't enough?’ Here's an alternative takeaway: we should use those $800 billion better. Perhaps spend more of them on people who come home after war. ‘I wouldn't even consider that "greatest warrior of the month" material.’ Killing someone isn't super impressive, I guess. Doing so with minimum collateral damage in hostile environs is. ‘I don't know how many people outside the US are going to care too much about the plight of ex-mercenaries.’ Considering the general tendency of people to be interested in the US's interventionist policies, they may be interested in discussing a side that is rarely discussed. Also, please look up the definition of a mercenary. It seems reasonable that, like many, you meant to use it in a derogatory fashion; instead, you simply used it incorrectly. SEALs are US citizens fighting in their country's army, not a foreign one.

comrh 14y ago

The take away here is in the US we pump a ton of money into our military for what happens on the battlefield and then forget completely about the people who come back and have to reintegrate into society. US soliders have extremely high rates of suicide, depression, divorce, ect because we do nothing to get these people support afterwards. I agree though, this has no place on HN.

shadowfiend 14y ago

‘We need to pay even more money to the US military? $800 BILLION a year isn't enough?’ Here's an alternative takeaway: we should use those $800 billion better. Perhaps spend more of them on people who come home after war. ‘I wouldn't even consider that "greatest warrior of the month" material.’ Killing someone isn't super impressive, I guess. Doing so with minimum collateral damage in hostile environs is. ‘I don't know how many people outside the US are going to care too much about the plight of ex-mercenaries.’ Considering the general tendency of people to be interested in the US's interventionist policies, they may be interested in discussing a side that is rarely discussed. Also, please look up the definition of a mercenary. It seems reasonable that, like many, you meant to use it in a derogatory fashion; instead, you simply used it incorrectly. SEALs are US citizens fighting in their country's army, not a foreign one.