• T3CHT @sh.itjust.works
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      17 hours ago

      I thought like you once.

      I agree this war, and many, are unjust.

      Somewhere around 9/11 and Iraq I had to learn that the military is a necessity, and they can also be abused. I suppose my grand dad learned that when he was drafted for the big one, and we talked about it - in our way, after 9/11 when it all seemed to go sideways.

      It’s a shame we send our volunteers on missions like this. It’s a shame we have to draft people to protect ourselves. It’s a shame we lay shame on our service members when they are misused and abused by our politicians.

      The military is a tool. Soldiers are people.

      I hope you can learn that too, some day.

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        15 hours ago

        Soldiers that were legally and morally obligated to refuse the orders to strike the water supply.

        You would have argued the guards at the concentration camps shouldn’t have been prosecuted.

        “Just following orders” is not a legal defense against accusations of committing war crimes.

      • Alpha71@lemmy.world
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        16 hours ago

        Somewhere around 9/11 and Iraq I had to learn that the military is a necessity

        Like how they had to spend trillions and countless lives only to solve ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING!!!?