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  • Yeah, I try to tell them that very few of them are true “terrorists”. Many of the people who were suicide bombers were coerced by terrorists with threats against their families, or promised money to their family upon completion. I tell them how good most of the people were and would offer food to us from their own lunch, even knowing we had free food from the US govt. Many wanted to know more about America, and loved the music and movies.

    Some of those people visibly softened their stance. Others would just “yeah but” to no end. Like dude, I was there. I experienced it. Those fox news people? They weren’t there, you weren’t there, and you’re arguing with me? 5 minutes ago you thanked me for my service, now you’re denying my experience there? Some you can reach, some you can’t.


  • Winds tend to go from west to east, so as long as it’s not directly on the strait or coast, that wouldn’t be too much of a problem. Also bomb detonation has significantly less fallout than a meltdown. So a ship transiting the strait likely wouldn’t get enough to make it much of a big deal.

    The big deal would be the geopolitics and becoming a pariah state worse than Russia. Unfortunately the home politics wouldn’t change much. You have no idea how many times I heard Rs say “we should just turn the whole region into glass.” Usually after they’ve heard I’m a veteran and think I’m on their side. It’s fucking disgusting how flippantly racist and inhumane they are.











  • Accurate. We “have no idea what gulf war syndrome is”.

    Havana syndrome? Eh it’s not worth looking into.

    “PTSD? Sounds like pussy syndrome to me.”

    They don’t give a fuck about soldiers beyond the “respect”. Very few of my coworkers know that I’m a veteran. I don’t want questions that they want to ask, and I definitely don’t want some conservative mfer to thank me for my service. I seriously hate that shit. I didn’t do anything that makes you more safe.

    They acknowledge that people go places and do stuff that “messes them up” but refuse to even attempt understanding mental health. “My cousin came back crazy, he won’t talk about what they did to him” without realizing that “they” is the system of continuous wars for wartime experience and the military industrial complex’s profits, despite them engineering for a war that doesn’t exist.