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Irish_Dem

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4. Also the troops are now in harm's way.

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 06:36 PM

11 hrs ago

They are sent into ambushes.
Set up to have the world hate them.

And damned if they follow orders and damned if they don't.

They are in harm's way and in no win situations.

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"This is a disaster for this generation of people serving in the military" - Rachel Maddow [View all] orangecrush 12 hrs ago OP

This retired Marine concurs. MarineCombatEngineer 12 hrs ago #1

Also the troops are now in harm's way. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #4

And that's what saddens me, MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #5

Yes we are watching the world's greatest military being destroyed right in front of our eyes. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #10

Apparently everyone from that Admiral on down orangecrush 10 hrs ago #7

As does this retired Army Judge Advocate. TomSlick 10 hrs ago #9

Gee, would this include the Afghans that Baitball Blogger 12 hrs ago #2

Including the leader of the Taliban who Trump got released. Norrrm 12 hrs ago #3

Knee-capping the US military? Oh, my - who would want to do something like that? erronis 11 hrs ago #6

Ask his daddy Putin orangecrush 10 hrs ago #8

Rachel is a smart person but she still thinks the old rules matter. BlueTsunami2018 34 min ago #11