Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa, was one of six Army members who died March 1 during a retaliatory attack on the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait.
  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    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.

    • mortemtyrannis@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 month 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.