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082349872349872 ◴[29 May 20 08:21 UTC] No.23347585[source]▶

One can also check easily-discoverable recent US military policy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23347453 to discover that those who think these things through don't condone "looting ⊃ shooting".

Bonaparte was a fan of the "whiff of grape" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_royaliste_du_13_v... but we all know how that ended.

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meheleventyone ◴[29 May 20 18:36 UTC] No.23353810[source]▶

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Isn't it a long standing thing that the US Military use of force rules in warzones are generally more restrictive than the policies for use on their fellow citizens by police back home?

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1. walkingolof ◴[29 May 20 20:01 UTC] No.23354810[source]▶

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This is a very confusing post if you have followed American wars over the last 50 years.

Do you have any idea of the level of misery inflected abroad? How can that even be compared?

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