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David__77

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6. It's important to know the officers aren't the same thing as the enlisted.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 11:47 AM

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There is still an economic draft in this country.

I’ll say that I think pilots who expose and resist criminality should be supported.

The US armed forces are well-equipped to perform mass killing and destruction at a safe distance, and not well-equipped to dominate a country committed to resisting foreign domination.

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Aren't the pilots just as guilty of war crimes as the DOD ordering them to do it? [View all] Ferrets are Cool Monday OP

Yes. DavidDvorkin Monday #1

Usually no. Happy Hoosier Monday #2

This is actually a very complicated questionm karynnj Monday #3

Nuremberg Whip-poor-will Monday #4

yes mike_c Monday #5

It's important to know the officers aren't the same thing as the enlisted. David__77 Monday #6

The pilots may not know exactly what they are hitting DetroitLegalBeagle Monday #7

A helicopter pilot republianmushroom Monday #8

If you remember, the felon-in-chief tried to prosecute those ex-service members who participated Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #9