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markodochartaigh

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9. I've never been in the military.

Reply to MiHale (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 04:40 PM

Oct 2025

But I'm under the impression that when you are in the military your freedom of action and freedom of speech are quite constrained. He probably thought that he could better call attention to the danger if he was no longer in the military. A martyr who is effectively silenced is not useful.

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