lechekaflan@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoAustralia's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested over five counts of the war crime of murder while on deployment in Afghanistan, local media reportedwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-linkAustralia's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested over five counts of the war crime of murder while on deployment in Afghanistan, local media reportedwww.reuters.comlechekaflan@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMolochHorridus@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down2·3 days agoYou should never ever blindly thank soldiers for their service. You have no idea what horrible things they have done.
minus-squaredustycups@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days ago…or mundane things. A lot of the armed services is paperwork, logistics contract/project management etc. You know, the stuff AI was meant to replace.
minus-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoI basically hold no more positive or negative feelings toward them than any other profession really. Unless I know them personally and their story, I won’t shame them or praise them simply for being apart of it.
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 days agoI honestly try to minimize the amount of people who know I’m a veteran irl just so I won’t have some casually racist asshole look up to me.
You should never ever blindly thank soldiers for their service. You have no idea what horrible things they have done.
…or mundane things. A lot of the armed services is paperwork, logistics contract/project management etc. You know, the stuff AI was meant to replace.
I basically hold no more positive or negative feelings toward them than any other profession really. Unless I know them personally and their story, I won’t shame them or praise them simply for being apart of it.
I honestly try to minimize the amount of people who know I’m a veteran irl just so I won’t have some casually racist asshole look up to me.