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[theweaselking]

Remember the video of the pair of US Marines throwing a puppy off a cliff? How it looked somewhat fake, and people were thinking it was just horrible propaganda?

It wasn't. And the soldiers involved have been "disciplined".

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[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

2.He VOLUNTEERED for this war. There is not a single person currently in uniform(outside of myself and my fellow involuntary recalls) that didn't either enlist or re-enlist POST Iraq invasion.

Not always. As my unit was leaving Iraq, the retention dickheads put signs up everywhere saying that if you were coming up on PCS or ETS and didn't reenlist to stay in the unit, you'd be sent somewhere that would deploying within six months and stoplossed. This is a big deal for guys who have families; they can't take the risk of either getting deployed again and killed, or maybe being able to get out, maybe finding somewhere to live on the outside, maybe finding a civilian job that uses their kick-down-doors skills and pays as much as the military with the COLA and free (though shitty) housing right off the bat. It's not always as easy as "they CHOSE this!"

The kicker was that all these poor saps reenlisted for our unit, but four months after we got back the entire battalion was deactivated, with everyone being sent their different ways anyway. Fuck the Army, like the Army fucked me - and them.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

The fear mongering, lies and overall cockbiting tendencies of the average retention specialist are a known quantity. Hell, the Pentagon supports their strategies(as evidenced by it's recent fight to kill the new GI Bill).

But whether it was a smart choice, the right choice or a choice made out of fear...they still chose to be here.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

And the guy whose wife and kids were kidnapped so he would plant that bomb... or the mom who was laid off in Flint and had to do tricks to feed her kids... yeah, all choices. Choices under duress, sure, but choices nonetheless.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Exactly.