lechekaflan@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAustralia's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested over five counts of the war crime of murder while on deployment in Afghanistan, local media reportedwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1154arrow-down1external-linkAustralia's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested over five counts of the war crime of murder while on deployment in Afghanistan, local media reportedwww.reuters.comlechekaflan@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMolochHorridus@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoYou should never ever blindly thank soldiers for their service. You have no idea what horrible things they have done.
minus-squaredustycups@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month ago…or mundane things. A lot of the armed services is paperwork, logistics contract/project management etc. You know, the stuff AI was meant to replace.
minus-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoI basically hold no more positive or negative feelings toward them than any other profession really. Unless I know them personally and their story, I won’t shame them or praise them simply for being apart of it.
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoI honestly try to minimize the amount of people who know I’m a veteran irl just so I won’t have some casually racist asshole look up to me.
You should never ever blindly thank soldiers for their service. You have no idea what horrible things they have done.
…or mundane things. A lot of the armed services is paperwork, logistics contract/project management etc. You know, the stuff AI was meant to replace.
I basically hold no more positive or negative feelings toward them than any other profession really. Unless I know them personally and their story, I won’t shame them or praise them simply for being apart of it.
I honestly try to minimize the amount of people who know I’m a veteran irl just so I won’t have some casually racist asshole look up to me.