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Youngest US soldier killed by Iran strike was Eagle Scout who helped homeless youth (nypost.com)

submitted 7 months ago by dude@lemmings.world [M] to c/news@lemmings.world

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How do people not understand that they’re volunteering to be used as cannon fodder? The more exceptional a person is, the less it makes sense.

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[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

It a lot of ways the military is a means to escape poverty, of course you run the risk of dying to have the chance at some fleeting semblance of middle class life.

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[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Draft Dodgers by Escape from the Zoo

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