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Graham Platner bragged on Reddit about using an inaccurate mortar to shell densely populated civilian areas, despite ban from higher up. (imgur.com)

submitted 3 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Original post with his deleted comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/e613vv/iraq_us_marines_in_ramadi_use_an_mk19_grenade/

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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or he was a soldier in war, doing what many soldiers do in battle when trained to do horrible things and unapologetically does horrible things. Comes back with PTSD about the horrible things they did and turns a new leaf with treatment. Sees they did horrible things because of the war machine and capitalism, wants to change the govt so the war machine and capitalism can burn.

Support those who can change and want change, burn down those who want status quo, status quo gets you Nazis and those on the other side who want strongly worded letters and small steps away from the right.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He came back and joined up with a fascist death squad

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

In 2018, Platner returned to Kabul, Afghanistan, for about six months as a State Department security contractor with Constellis, the private military company formerly known as Blackwater, where he provided diplomatic security to the US ambassador to Afghanistan.

Sound more like a six month stint as a bodyguard.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

Yes, a bodyguard working for a fascist death squad.