First we had American antivaxers bringing back measles, now their military is bringing back scurvy.
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They sold their soul to join a terrorist child killing organization.
It's more than they deserve.
I hope someone pisses in it regularly
Sold their soul? Not all of them, I bet. With the US economy being in a recession (if you factor out the AI companies which all they do is move money between each other in a circle). There are constantly layoffs and noone is hiring. I can imagine a bunch of people choosing the military so that they can at least pay their bills / debt from college. Having a job in the military beats being homeless, I guess.
If you are amoral
Yes great excuse.
They had a recession in Germany too once.
Hey Heinz, I've found a way to not be homeless. All we have to do is help kill millions of innocent people and gas some Jews, communists, etc...
Heil Hitler!
ja aber das begeisterte abschlachten sogenannter untermenschen war nicht vom sold motiviert.
Okay I went to a private school at one point (yes parents were more well off) the kid that had military rations to share had way better food than we were given. Though we were well fed just not by preference. This was on outdoor stuff not in school stuff we had a kitchen and all there though we did the work (good idea really for teaching).
Any military not feeding their people must be led by one of the dumbest motherfuckers in existence....let's teach people how to be an armed force and not feed them.....sounds like a rich idiot or drunk morning show type.
As long as they come home in a body bag, I'm happy.
Did the US military take the food from the ICE Concentration Camps? I wonder how much each one of those shitty meals cost the US taxpayers. $50 bucks a pop?
Awwwwwwwww. Good. Go home, G.I.
"More?!? Did Private Twist just ask for more???"
It's because they didn't plan for shit, and there's no supplies because they didn't expect to be there this long because Trump thought war is easy and quick, because he's a fucking idiot.
And re-supplying them or rotating them out would be an admission that the war will go on longer and isn't already over.
So they go hungry.
It is over basically, Iran won
Just saying, the US Navy used to be able to deliver ice cream to troops fighting in the Pacific, and care packages to jungles in South East Asia. Now sailors go hungry ON the ships, with nothing but uncontested waters between them and the US, and surrounded by allied countries.
I'm genuinely shocked at how weak and incompetent the US Military has looked throughout this entire operation. Iraq and Afghanistan were shit shows, but the US was always able to handle the essentials of logistics and so on. The machine worked, it was just clumsy and hard to steer.
Somewhere in the gap between Afghanistan and Iran, that machine has been left without even basic maintenance.
Wait til you hear how they can't even remove mines even if the Iranians would let them.
Minesweepers got retired before their MCM system works.
That's the corrupt politics/MIC system.
The politicians keep them in eternal war and make sure they can spend an obscene amount of money on it.
They then spend it on their contractor donors, even if their stuff is useless crap.
Plenty of examples.
So from one unjust war that they lost to the other war they lost, they lost another one? Maybe more baby-seeking missiles?
And yet we give the military more money than ever.
Pissed of allied countrys.
Stop fighting for a pedophile and go home, there's plenty of food there.
Yeah but the food isn't free. And good luck finding a job, any job basically, in this recession. Can't blame people choosing the military when the alternative could mean homelessness.
"Starve at home or fight the wars of the ruling class abroad." Yay, another page from Russia's playbook implemented in the United Emirates of Ameristan!
You do realize that's not actually an option right? Like, you can't just quit the military. You can request your release, but they're not gonna grant it until your ship gets cycled off of the operation and returns to a friendly port, and that's assuming they grant it at all. They absolutely do not have to, and during an active military operation they're extremely unlikely to.
Well looks like like the Eisenhower followed the example of the Ford: 'sorry, can't go, our ship is on fire'
You do realize that’s not actually an option right? Like, you can’t just quit the military.
Don't say bullshit please, when they send you on a mission you can decide and refuse to go.
Scarce and shitty food is one thing, but if you fuck up the mail (and these days the internet), you're gonna have a really bad time.
Failing to feed your troops is one of the fastest ways possible to tank morale. Mail from home comes every few weeks. You eat three times a day.
Word from home and communication with people you love, especially in the era of instantaneous global communication, is a powerful thing. Not that food isn't a motivator too, but you expect some missed meals and low quality as the ops tempo increases. Miss a meal and you're pissed until you get to eat again. Jack up a guy getting video of his kid's last ballgame and he'll stay pissed even after he gets it.
The most "lethal" fighting force in history folks. No pesky details like rules of engagement or logistics.
Its honestly kind of hilarious to see the military directed by morons who are obsessed with “lethality” and culture war nonsense, meanwhile they lack even a rudimentary understanding of how the military functions.
Anyone who understands how a military works could tell you that logistics is not just half the battle, its basically the entire battle. During WWII, 8/10 servicemen worked in logistics. The Nazis were defeated via logistical advantages. American military dominance was created and sustained through the buildup of interconnected bases which enabled them to quickly and efficiently move people, equipment, and supplies around the world. Without that system working effectively there is no such thing as the “lethality” that these dumbasses goon over. Apparently, they believe it comes from thin air
Lots bases in the middle east are abandoned now with lots of the hosting countries taking over them and all the supplies we left behind. I read an article I think yesterday about syria taking over a bunch of bases. And Iran by itself ruined a bunch of ours across the area recently
So they're cut off, basically? I feel for the soldiers, but I hope their discontent starts fomenting something
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I can’t help but wonder how many of those troops voted for Trump considering the military still leans quite right, it has to be many. My heart goes out to the rest who chose to be there due to circumstances of their lives giving them no better options.
Fuck them all and their shithole country.
No sympathy for anyone joining the largest baby killing terrorist organization because 'they need to go to college'.
Typical US hypocrites.
Blue Magats support illegal wars and imperialism just as much.
They are only against it out of their 2 sides cultism where they automatically oppose anything the other side does.
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