Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
  • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    20 days ago

    He will be immortalized as a kind and gentle soul that gave his own life to protect others from blood-thirsty traitors.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Military members and doctors need to decide they’re okay with this and modify their actions accordingly.

    • calliope@retrolemmy.comEnglish
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      20 days ago

      Sadly, for the most part military members have been fine with this for decades.

      The Vietnam War was the first desegregated war the U.S. military took part in; racial violence and membership in racist organizations spiked afterwards.

      The war in Afghanistan also caused membership in racist organizations to spike.

      These are the major premises of two academic books: Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew and God, Guns, and Sedition by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware.