This is anecdotal, but 22 years ago I attended an event where the US Air Force proudly played a video of a Predator drone strike. I was a teenager who avidly gamed, and felt horror at what I was forced to witness because I knew these were real people who were dying agonizing deaths

To this day I still feel the same emotions when I think of it, and I can’t listen to Drowning Pool’s “Bodies” because that’s the song they played to accompany the footage

I tried to save Iran humiliation and death. I tried to save them very hard because I would have loved to have seen a deal worked out

That’s… that’s not why anyone tries to save human lives, Donald.

That’s why he’s trying to criminalize any ideology besides whatever his is. RFK Jr also talked about “work camps” for people with mental health issues.

This would have made more sense because at least the stripes are in order: 🇳🇱 ✨ 🇳🇱

I have a hard time believing they didn’t know of and weren’t complicit in the attack on Iran. They just diverted an arms shipment from Ukraine to Israel that specifically are claimed to counter Iranian drones

Edit: I saw it was to Israel on the BBC I think, but this article says otherwise

I make significantly less at 100% rating than I would if I had been able to stay in my career since I was medically separated or if I was able to do the same thing as a civilian (easily over 6 figures). It’s still much more than poverty level, but the $46k I’ll get this year just can not compete with what I could have had.

I know that much of the value in my benefits is free medical though, and that adds up fast when you suddenly have pronounced weakness in half your body and doctors can’t figure out why

When I was going through evaluation to start hormonal transition my primary care doc’s nurse asked me to explain what non-binary is, and when I figured it out. I explained the things I told the doctor who evaluated me, thinking that if it was good enough for her, it should be good enough for this nurse.

My nurse told me I just hate the patriarchy and that’s why I hate myself. Lol

I’m not sure about that, but the reply a little down that says people will get voluntold to attend if not enough are willing sounds probable. I served under Dubya and had a similar experience. I usually just volunteered for watch when something like that happened lol

The dichotomy of people falling asleep and the guy who thought he’d be so entertained he brought popcorn is wild