▲ 528 ▼ Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East (www.commondreams.org) submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by udc@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East
[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) I’ll take 4999 body bags and one survivor that the rest of us can ridicule. Fuck the Marines, every single one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago (3 children) Those are impressionable teenagers. I was that stupid at that age. Nobody is immune to propaganda. Not even you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Still doesn't excuse raping foreign civilians out of boredom or overlooking your friends doing it tho. I understand. I probably would have done the same if I grew up like they did. It still would have been unfair for me not suffer any consequences. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wpb@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (1 child) When I was a teenager, I knew that killing 165 little girls is a bad thing to do. I understood that torture is a bad thing to do. Also, the average age of marines is about 25. Most of them are not teenagers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago I agree. Just know the news they see is 100% different than what the other half of the population sees. Everyone gets news from Facebook and influencers. It's all according to who they watch. Also, those people sign up for years at a time. When they asked National Guard to be on streets to help ICE, many didn't show up or were threatening not to. Things were not this bad when Biden was in office. In any case, every one of those guys are probably going to die. It sounds like a suicide mission to rally citizens around the cause. Not sure if it will work. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago I doubt many who are going to Iran are teenagers, much less impressionable ones. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago (3 children) Those are impressionable teenagers. I was that stupid at that age. Nobody is immune to propaganda. Not even you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Still doesn't excuse raping foreign civilians out of boredom or overlooking your friends doing it tho. I understand. I probably would have done the same if I grew up like they did. It still would have been unfair for me not suffer any consequences. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wpb@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (1 child) When I was a teenager, I knew that killing 165 little girls is a bad thing to do. I understood that torture is a bad thing to do. Also, the average age of marines is about 25. Most of them are not teenagers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago I agree. Just know the news they see is 100% different than what the other half of the population sees. Everyone gets news from Facebook and influencers. It's all according to who they watch. Also, those people sign up for years at a time. When they asked National Guard to be on streets to help ICE, many didn't show up or were threatening not to. Things were not this bad when Biden was in office. In any case, every one of those guys are probably going to die. It sounds like a suicide mission to rally citizens around the cause. Not sure if it will work. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago I doubt many who are going to Iran are teenagers, much less impressionable ones. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Still doesn't excuse raping foreign civilians out of boredom or overlooking your friends doing it tho. I understand. I probably would have done the same if I grew up like they did. It still would have been unfair for me not suffer any consequences. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wpb@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (1 child) When I was a teenager, I knew that killing 165 little girls is a bad thing to do. I understood that torture is a bad thing to do. Also, the average age of marines is about 25. Most of them are not teenagers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago I agree. Just know the news they see is 100% different than what the other half of the population sees. Everyone gets news from Facebook and influencers. It's all according to who they watch. Also, those people sign up for years at a time. When they asked National Guard to be on streets to help ICE, many didn't show up or were threatening not to. Things were not this bad when Biden was in office. In any case, every one of those guys are probably going to die. It sounds like a suicide mission to rally citizens around the cause. Not sure if it will work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago I agree. Just know the news they see is 100% different than what the other half of the population sees. Everyone gets news from Facebook and influencers. It's all according to who they watch. Also, those people sign up for years at a time. When they asked National Guard to be on streets to help ICE, many didn't show up or were threatening not to. Things were not this bad when Biden was in office. In any case, every one of those guys are probably going to die. It sounds like a suicide mission to rally citizens around the cause. Not sure if it will work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago I doubt many who are going to Iran are teenagers, much less impressionable ones. permalink fedilink source parent