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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

"The triumph of colonialism, even at the ends of the earth, is a defeat for us, and the victory of freedom anywhere is a victory for us." -- Abdelkrim el-Khattabi

The US can't keep getting away with it. Not after what it did to Palestine.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Couldn't imagine falling for the propaganda on either side and getting swept up in this war.

If anyone forced me to fight, they'd be the first people I shoot at.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging

Don't be fooled. War is for idiots.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

World War II

18 November, 1944: An hour after Corporal Tommie Lee Garrett ordered Private George Green Jr. to clean up a spilled can of urine, Private Green pulled out his M1 Carbine rifle and shot Corporal Garrett dead at the United States Army base in Champigneulles, France. Private Green was convicted of the murder of Corporal Garrett and hanged on May 15, 1945, and he was buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Plot E.

Holy shit man

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where do they keep getting these brigades, geez

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Turns out that when you kidnap people off the street and gang press them into fighting, they're not terribly motivated.

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well they're still deploying instead of deserting

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Seems like most people desert or surrender at the first chance they get. Sometimes they just don't get an opportunity to do that before they get to combat.