California national guards troops and marines deployed to Los Angeles to help restore order after days of protest against the Trump administration have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join.

Three different advocacy organisations representing military families said they had heard from dozens of affected service members who expressed discomfort about being drawn into a domestic policing operation outside their normal field of operations. The groups said they have heard no countervailing opinions.

“The sentiment across the board right now is that deploying military force against our own communities isn’t the kind of national security we signed up for,” said Sarah Streyder of the Secure Families Initiative, which represents the interests of military spouses, children and veterans.

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[–] 113 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    “The sentiment across the board right now is that deploying military force against our own communities isn’t the kind of national security we signed up for,”

    "I signed up to murder foreign communities, not my own!"

    Eat dirt, scum

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  • [–] 86 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary

    That’s true of all U.S military assignments.

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  • [–] 71 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    signed up to shoot foreigners and get a camaro, upset they're getting no camaro and bottles of piss thrown at them instead

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Aww, did somebawdy find out they're Storm Twoopers?

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago

    Now you feel like a pawn? What the fuck did these dumbasses think a soldier was? For that matter what did they think that the actual pawn in actual chess was meant to represent?

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago

    “The sentiment across the board right now is that deploying military force against our own communities isn’t the kind of national security we signed up for,”

    lmao get fucked

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    i mean legit if the military is just exclusively deployed to do stuff like this in the U.S. (doubtful with the Iran war possibly coming) we might actually see a lib Carnation Revolution at some point

    no foreigners to murder, just being stuck in terrible conditions while a whole city of treats is just out of reach. it's like being home but not. and I know there are plenty of psychos who want nothing more then to die mothafucker die a .50 cal into a packed crowd of liberal boomers but we aren't quite the Imperium of Man yet and i can't imagine murdering their own neighbors (only to return to a cold floor) will go over well with the majority

    either way, fragging is a thing. and more regretful, anti-imperialist former troops (that renounce their former career) with training and skills can't hurt a nascent leftist movement

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago

    still following orders though

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    Oh, well, too bad they are enslaved and can't voluntarily leave this job and work at a school or grocery store to avoid having to oppress their own countrymen against their will. Such a shame, but at least they still get their fat checks and social benefits!

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago* (13 children)

    i doubt the checks are even fat

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Fatter than people working the cash register at a grocery store though.

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  • [+] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)
  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    walmart doesn't have barracks, yet

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    yeah part of the deal is you're spending way less on housing and food so the wage goes further, which is how you afford the car financing.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    These fuckers are even more pathetic than I imagined.

    They literally just enlist to SA and murder in exchange for social benefits. They make far less than I expected, and while that makes me happy it also makes me angrier these idiots wreck the world at the command of the wealthy in exchange for basic goods they would get in even better conditions if they just sided with working people. I know they also benefit from living in military housing, etc., but these people are just fucking pathetic.

    Far more respect for any working person at a grocery store than these losers.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago*

    The only real benefit at that level is that you don't pay for food or rent in the barracks, so if you are disciplined and not addicted to sports betting, you can save all that money, which is why people blow it on a Camaro when they are 22, but then basically have nothing outside of that.

    It's also why people in the military get married so young and divorced so often, as if you are married you get to have a little house on base with all your rent and food paid for, but once you make rank and can just live in a house, suddenly living with your wife who you always hated doesn't sound all that appealing any more.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago

    So do something about it

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do any of these folks even know who Smedley Butler is? A military parade in DC is just such a fertile opportunity.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Related, if anyone here ever encounters any military people who might want out, point them here: https://girightshotline.org/

    This group can coach and help them so they can find a way to leave without having their life ruined by their superiors.

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    thats what joining the military IS

    being a pawn in the chess game!

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    A lot of American soldiers, just like a lot of Americans otherwise, have main character syndrome.

    There was a reddit post a while back from some troop who had regrets who really summed it up well saying: "When I enlisted I thought I was signing up to be Luke Skywalker. Instead I realized one day I was just another faceless Stormtrooper."

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago

    ... feel like a pawn...

    Well then... pawns can take out kings. Do something funny. jokerfied

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago*

    I guess crayon eaters are realizing they aren't in some foreign country shooting the inhabitants at will, also being nothing but a statistical data point.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    if you complain but do nothing you prove you are indeed just a bunch of losers and suckers a-little-trolling

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    surely there is someone out there who thinks the soldiers were given money therefor this is good for the economy????? very-intelligent

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Demoralizing your soldiers is the sure firest way to end up in a coup situation.

    So for sheer humor I keep Trump keeps doing it.

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    Do they not know that they are literally pawns?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Glad to hear it bean

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