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Take away the medals, demote to private, then send over the bastard to Nauru or something worse.

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[–] MolochHorridus@piefed.social 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

You should never ever blindly thank soldiers for their service. You have no idea what horrible things they have done.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 18 points 4 months 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.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 15 points 4 months ago

Good. Now release David McBride.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

At least his girlfriend and daughters are safe now

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Russia take notes.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago

What the hell has Nauru done? Why do they need to be punished