• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    12 days ago

    What was he supposed to do?

    Jump on a bus?

    If you’d been born in his hometown you probably would have considered joining up too.

    You aren’t better than him, just luckier.

    • Calfpupa [she/her]@lemmy.ml
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      12 days ago

      He was 42, plenty of time to walk away. Also, as someone who grew up in a similar town, I thought “damn I don’t want to be killing people,” and didn’t join the military. Not too hard to do.

    • jcorvera@quokk.au
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      12 days ago

      More than likely. I live in Bellevue. It’s a mixed bag, being so close to USSTRATCOM. It’s almost 50/50 split. However, with it being so close to Offutt, it’s also a lot of “Support Our Troops” mentality and Pro-Military.