Pentagon refused payout for soldiers who died in Iran conflict ‘because it isn’t a war’
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The families of US soldiers who have died in the US-Israeli war against Iran are battling to ensure they receive appropriate pay and benefits for their loved ones.

The families of US soldiers who have died in the US-Israeli war against Iran are battling to ensure they receive appropriate pay and benefits for their loved ones.

Libby Klinner, a widow, wrote on social media that the US air force had deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following the death of Major Alex Klinner, her 33-year-old husband, because Congress had not officially declared war.

He was one of six crew members of a KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq in March while supporting US strikes against Iran.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Between fixing those issues and repairing all the damage Trump (and his acomplices) have done, the USA has decades of work to do.

    If you think that, you need to look back on how fast FDR fixed shit, and how the only thing that stopped him from doing more, is people not following up by flushing incumbents holding back progress.

    Back then the average person didn’t have the same outreach. Social media means people can actually organize and hear how things are going. That’s why oligarchs keep gobbling up social media and flooding it with bots.

    They’re fucking scared.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Remind me in 6 years.

      Based on the level of apathy I see from a majority of Americans, I don’t expect much more than surface level changes (re-naming things back to their original names, de-trumping the white house decore etc) and little else.

      I also don’t trust that the Americans won’t just elect another complete asshole 4 years after Trump is no longer president.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Then you don’t understand how bad the party was under neoliberalism from 1991-2025, and you just assume that was actually trying or that the party went in a different direction with the 2025 chair election.

        Like, if you ignore everything, obviously it’s not going to make sense.

        If you pay attention to what happened and what is happening, you wouldn’t spend your free time shitting on the best and only chance to save the country…

        Unless you were a trump supporter or neoliberal despite to depress dem turnout to stop progressives

        • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
          11·
          2 days ago

          despite to depress dem turnout to stop progressives

          I assume that was supposed to be “desperate”.

          That aside, I would much prefer the Americans elect a Democrat over a Republican, but I also would prefer the democrats put forward more progressive candidates than they have been.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            2 days ago

            but I also would prefer the democrats put forward more progressive candidates

            Buddy…

            Every comment you make, shows you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.

            The party shouldn’t pick any candidate, the fact that they were was the problem.

            Why the fuck don’t you ask questions instead of a constant string of wrong information?

            Do you think any of the shit you e been saying is actually true or how any of this works?