Not to be a dick, but maybe he shouldn't have joined a military force known for extreme violence.
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026
146 points (87.2% liked)
news
774 readers
914 users here now
A lightweight news hub to help decentralize the fediverse load: mirror and discuss headlines here so the giant instance communities aren’t a single choke-point.
Rules:
- Recent news articles only (past 30 days)
- Title must match the headline or neutrally describe the content
- Avoid duplicates & spam (search before posting; batch minor updates).
- Be civil; no hate or personal attacks.
- No link shorteners
- No entire article in the post body
founded 6 months ago
MODERATORS
Oh no, the poor school bomber.
He was such a nice guy.
Rest in piss scumbag
He volunteered
It was a sacrifice that Trump and the Iowan Republicans were willing to make.
He helped make many more youths homeless with his service than he helped homeless youths.
Yeah, but the youths he hurt were on the other team so doesn't count. /s
Ok?
Youngest girl killed day 1 by U.S. was as young as the other 150
They were mostly in the 7-12 years old range. And the death count has exceeded 160 now.
They're both bad?
How do people not understand that they’re volunteering to be used as cannon fodder? The more exceptional a person is, the less it makes sense.
Everything is okay as long as Israel gets what it wants.
The spirit of Scouting and the modern military seem kind of like, diametrically opposed, but what do I know.
Scouting was invented to prepare children for military service.
I don't know a ton about scouts, but they've always felt like literal military preparation cults to me.
Not really... they teach you how to be a decent human within a community
Having experienced both environments they are nothing like each other at all
But the roots of scouting come from the military. Lord Baden-Powell called them scouts at they were literally using training for military scouts as a basis for their organization. It is definitely different but it is based from a military mindset
You've never been in the Scouts. It's community building and becoming a better, more able person through skill development and mentoring. When it works.
Guys, chill for a second.
He was a kid who enlisted in the Reserve before Trump was even in power, and deployed to Kuwait with a logistics unit without knowing wtf was going to happen.
Instead of being mad at the dead pawns, be mad at the people in power who started this shit. Be mad at the officers at the highest levels who didn't push back against Trump's orders to attack Iran without just reason. I think they deserve hate more than anyone.
Did he think he would be delivering tickles? Because if he did, the military seems like an odd choice.
Tbf the national guard recruits with videos of putting up sand bags during floods and digging through rubble after earthquakes and tornadoes looking for survivors. They tell them they're there to help the state in emergencies and the army reserves is who goes to fight to fill in gaps. I spent my 4 years in the army helping to train new recruits. Basically I did nothing in the regular army. Then I spent 2 years in the national guard and got deployed. During my year in Baghdad I saw regular army, navy, marines and national guard, as well as soldiers from too many other countries to count. What I never knowingly encountered? An army reservist.
Ok, so I'm not saying this kid was good or bad, there's no way to know his intentions. I'm just saying it's certainly possible he was just a naive kid who wanted to help but didn't do his homework. He should have known plenty of Iowa vets that could have told him. At one point Iowa national guard had over 140% deployment rate. Meaning that many had gone multiple times, which is fucking bullshit. The national guards recruiting is far more sinister and predatory than the army. Because with the army you likely know you're getting your ticket stamped at some point. These kids often just haven't done their due diligence.
This might be a hot take, but the US military was shit long before Trump.
If you choose to join the military regardless of when you chose to join it. You still chose to join the military.
I can be mad at both.
This is tragic. Not more important than the lives of all the kids the organization he was part of killed. But still, tragic.
I don't care. He died in a war of agression, he is a terrorist to me
This is the point that isn't being clarified: this war reputation washes anyone who participated into a terrorist.
He was the modern equivalent of a Nazi soldier. Too fucking bad.
I was more thinking British soldier, but potato potato I guess.
If they die for Israel are they still called US soldiers?
They are called terrorists
The US is an Israeli puppet state.
Don't worry, pretty soon we will be past the point where we can individually profile the people that died for Trump.
Damn I came here to make fun of how his parents chose to spell his name but yall are on another level.
yall
I'm gonna make fun of how you spell "y'all" ;-)
Sometimes the keyboard has a mind of its own and I cant be bothered to force my will upon it. I know very choady of me.
I make typos all the time. I just like playing with them when others do :)
I'm listening, my friend. Go ahead. (I can't be bothered to click on link and find his name.)
How many more to go?
Recruiting the best of the best for the Epstein meat grinder.