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I can't think of anything more loathsome and pathetic than a US veteran
Any combat veteran who went to "free" (invade) another country to defend US interests (this means to steal from other countries) may fit this bill.
However, don't forget that, for some poor people it's the only door left open to survive in the US.
Don't forget that many were drafted and lied to.
I'll give you that for vietnam... but even those fellas aren't around in any great numbers anymore. I'll even grant the first gulf war as a neutral, seeing as kuwait was invaded, but the politics around everything involved doesn't really leave any 'good guys.'
But anything since then? Fuck right off with that. My cousin went and joined up after 9/11, and it still is a mental fuck for him because he realized once he got there how idiotic the country was being to invade another with the idea of bringing freedom.
I don't care about how poor they are. Look at threads about how people feel about Russian Invaders in Ukraine. America is no different. They killed my extended family members and destroyed Iraq.
You know the majority of veterans serve non combat roles right?
I don't care what the fuck they do. They invaded the country my family is from and over a million people are now dead that would otherwise not be including some of my family.