For the people who are still alive…

Why do people think that the CEO is like the “best employee” at what the company does?? No CEO at any company I’ve ever worked at has had a basic understanding of the work that I did. They understand “the business” but aren’t the ones doing implementation.

And that’s “fine” - we have different jobs. Theirs, apparently, has been worth millions of times what I do though…

He would think you’re talking about rugs…

Sure but it’s only reality because everyone’s too pussy to take responsibility

It’s always easy for somebody with no skin in the game to demand another person risk everything they have.

It’s not about agency it’s about a very real risk. You will be court-martialed for disobeying an order. Period.

You will then need to fight a lengthy and public legal battle against the US government to prove that your disobeying was legal. And the result is very much not guaranteed.

That is a significant risk to ask of a soldier and should not be underestimated. I hear your armchair “well they should be brave” whining but this is reality.

Is it? If you follow orders you will most likely not be punished in any way. If you don’t then you definitely will.

I mean, it’s easy for you to tell others to take that risk I guess, maybe that’s what you meant.

placing our warfighters on a path of no return

Can we go back to calling them soldiers?

Yeah, lemmy is a bit of a cespool.

Yeah, containers can be quite useful for experimenting. Distrobox also if you need a more desktop-like experience.

So you are saying the us shouldn’t have launched the campaign?

Yes. I haven’t said otherwise - y’all just assume I’m saying whatever the straw-man in your head has ready arguments for.

That said - terrorism is always the greater evil than military attacking military. You can justify war as “politics through other means” but when you start attacking non-combatant populations you’re in a world of wrong. There is no justification for it. That was Iran’s choice. That they fought back isn’t (necessarily) wrong, but that they have chosen terrorism as their means is.

It does though. Lower courts are the reason Trump hasn’t (yet) overturned birthright citizenship. And why many other policies have failed.

Some things have gone poorly in scotus to be sure, but these courts are fighting the good fight.

What about the american terrorism? Glossing over that?

Nope.

Because there likely wouldn’t be as much terrorism, if not for the decades of antagonist behaviours.

look what you made me do!

I can’t support any state that has supported terrorism the way Iran has. There is no justification for that.

If the US is hated, it’s probably justified.

I’m not saying it isn’t. I’m saying, and did say, not to lionize Iran just because you’re mad at Israel and the US.

And what happened before that? And before that? And before that? This is how all these discussions go. But you blame Israel for not “cozing up” to a regime that literally does not recognize their legitimacy and has done so for 50 years while it has also funded terror groups to attack them.

I’m sorry but there is not black and white here.

They’ve said it since the '70s. Maybe instead of entrenching their theocratic dictatorship for decades they should be working towards a more collaborative and egalitarian future with their neighboring countries and cultures.

instead of working towards a more collaborative and egalitarian future with their neighboring countries and cultures

You mean the ones that have “death to Israel” as a slogan? C’mon people. Don’t lionize Iran just because you’re angry at Israel and the US.

From your armchair?

Well, it’s affecting you now. What are you going to do about it?