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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  1973 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I expect to die during the Great Migration

jesus.

Yeah I spent much of my early '20s fighting the urge to enlist and then as soon as they started stop-lossing people for the Iraq War I found myself going there but for the grace of God go I.

The United States has an unhealthy relationship with its armed forces. Between the out-of-sight/out-of-mind nature of Empire and the unquestioning hero worship of anyone who has ever worn a uniform we as a nation do not know what to do with the military.