Comment on YSK about the GI Rights Hotline
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThe deployment of the military domestically, using tactics and technology that were field tested in Israel and US battlefields, is inextricably linked to our foreign policy.
The implication that there is any division between the two topics is insanely obtuse.
jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I was expecting you to have a much deeper connection than just “it’s the same tactics.” Like yeah obviously if you learn something in one place you can apply it to another similar situation.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same tactics, same soldiers, same commanders, same weapons, same policies…
What’s different, besides the location?
jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Right, but my point was that the location is different. The OP’s image contains this text, which you might not have noticed:
Anyway, if your point is that “GIs aren’t going to care about the fact that these are US citizens,” then I agree with you.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It implies an adherence to law that I’ve never seen in my lifetime, from neither domestic law enforcement nor foreign deployed military. It should be a factor, but I’ve never seen it in practice.