US soldiers say they have no protection from Iranian missiles and drones targeting US bases in the Gulf

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More and more US troops deployed to West Asia are expressing doubts about fighting in the war against Iran, including having to “die for Israel,” the Huffington Post reported on 23 March.

A veteran and reservist who mentors younger officers told HuffPost that troops she speaks with are expressing a loss of faith after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped push US President Donald Trump to go to war against Iran.

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Interviews further revealed that troops are worried about inadequate protection from Iranian ballistic missiles and drones targeting US bases in the Gulf region.

“Getting random indirect fire is not the same as watching the entire gym and coffee shop and some dorms get blown up from a door less than 50 meters away,” said one service member.

  • gayspacemarxist [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    22 days ago

    if only because thousands of people randomly dropping dead normally doesn’t happen.

    but you could also figuratively “destroy the solider” by flipping them to the socialist cause

    Edited for clarity, I meant “them” as is the persons in the military not the entity itself.

    • corvidenjoyer [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      22 days ago

      but you could also figuratively “destroy them” by flipping them to the socialist cause

      Anything that has the power to “flip” the Us millitary to the socialist cause without somehow destroying it in the process would make needing to flip it in the first place irrelevent.