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[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 87 points 3 weeks ago

What I’m hearing is that they’re identifying themselves as legitimate military targets.

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 61 points 3 weeks ago

Ooooh nooo I sure hop e Iran doesnot assassinate our beloved Lt. Colonel Andrew Bosworth, Lt. Colonel Kevin Weil, Lt. Colonel Shyam Sankar, or even Lt. Colonel Bob McGrew

gosh those guys together getting got would be bigger than if Spongebob or Spiderman disappeared from movies and television

[-] The_Filthy_Commie@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 3 weeks ago

Bob McGrew

😂 I swore you started with real ass names and ended with a joke one, but no, he's really called that.

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago

Bobson Dougnut ass name, made all the more magical for being real.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 49 points 3 weeks ago

timmy-pray getting fragged by the 20 year veterans under their command

[-] Bloobish@hexbear.net 43 points 3 weeks ago

Man we really speeding into fascism uplifting incompetent bourgeoisie into positions of power they really aren't qualified for

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Honestly this is kinda funny, it's a real collapse of empire move

[-] Bloobish@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yup and ngl I'm happy to see incompetent undertrained morons lifted to positions of power compared to competent evil fash or some rando centrist bootlicker given these doofuses have a high chance of either being fragged or leading an operation to be completely FUBAR

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago

meta (usa-affiliated media)

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ooh I remember when this idea was first being bandied about. It's related to their recruitment issues - high ranking military members are traditionally in the service for a decade or more, and there aren't as many people like that as there used to be, so the idea is to bring in people from the private sector and let them skip ahead to higher ranks.

The troops hate it of course, and I can't imagine it's a good idea to fluff the ranks of your military with people who lack military experience.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago

??? we're going back to feckless aristocrats with no training being in charge of the military? amazing.

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Can't wait to be ordered to bayonet charge by some foppish dandy in a frock coat with frills on the cuffs only to watch him immediately get vaporized by the Gen Alpha maoist shitposter that got drafted and issued a particle beam cannon.

[-] Bloobish@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

I mean it makes radicalizing baseline troops easier if they are putting paper tigers in charge and they send troops on fubar missions

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

First time as tragedy, second time as farce as usual.

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 3 weeks ago

The troops hate it of course, and I can’t imagine it’s a good idea to fluff the ranks of your military with people who lack military experience.

miserable stormtroopers with incompetent leaders

sicko yes

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Even TERF island figured out this was a bad idea by 1871

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

CEO of TormentNexus Inc going through basic and having their M7 immediately blow up in their face like Elmer Fudd's gun when Bugs Bunny sticks his finger in the end of the barrel

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

Silly USA oligarchy, they didnt learn from the Alien vs predator universe that you are supposed to keep the gov looking semi independent so people think its a democracy and not under control by a megacorp

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

Weylandlord-Yutani

:gif of Ripley making the "I thought we had a deal" face right before she barbecues the xenomorph crèche:

[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

Send their asses to the war in Iran then

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

Who can forget the first business man turned colonel

[-] 9to5@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] godlessworm@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

hopefully they die like a real soldier

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago
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