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More and more US troops deployed to West Asia are expressing doubts about fighting in the war against Iran, including having to “die for Israel,” the Huffington Post reported on 23 March.

A veteran and reservist who mentors younger officers told HuffPost that troops she speaks with are expressing a loss of faith after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped push US President Donald Trump to go to war against Iran.

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Interviews further revealed that troops are worried about inadequate protection from Iranian ballistic missiles and drones targeting US bases in the Gulf region.

“Getting random indirect fire is not the same as watching the entire gym and coffee shop and some dorms get blown up from a door less than 50 meters away,” said one service member.

  • lil_tank [any, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    It’s pretty insulting to assume that we’re talking about people being ontologically evil. US soldiers have been shaped by the viciously brutal US society, right, no one is a literal demon spawn from hell doing evil for free, pretty basic stuff. Accountability is not a crusade though, if you’re doing politics for real you suppress these people because they’ve been made into baby killers and baby killers can’t be allowed to simply be there and do what they do