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Redleg

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4. Plus they are putting the troops into moral dilemmas

Reply to cyclonefence (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 01:48 PM

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by giving unlawful orders and applying pressure for them to follow them without question. What ever happened to the notion of reciprocal oaths? You know, where a person takes an oath of service and their superiors take an oath not to put the person in a situation that might cause shame or loss of honor.

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What Pete Hegseth and these other chest-thumpers don't seem to understand [View all] cyclonefence Wednesday OP

Exactly the point I keep making. Hegseth is putting US troops in grave danger. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1

Yes! Force them to read novels! SheltieLover Wednesday #2

Presupposes that MAGAts can read..... lastlib Wednesday #14

Yes, that is a big problem in magat land SheltieLover Wednesday #15

I was more generous, had them at 5th grade level. ananda Wednesday #16

Most of them Traildogbob Wednesday #3

Plus they are putting the troops into moral dilemmas Redleg Wednesday #4

So basically the exact thing our service members have faced since the Korean War? DetroitLegalBeagle Wednesday #5

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Slinking back to the lowest Bmoboy Wednesday #11

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Excellent point! And the re-education camps too! liberalla Wednesday #8

Chickenhawks don't care. kairos12 Wednesday #9

Exactly. MLWR Wednesday #17

"is that rules of engagement work both ways" Ray Bruns Wednesday #10

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Fore me them to read anything other than a room of maga haters. MLAA Wednesday #13

Non military citizens as well. Dark n Stormy Knight Thursday #20