Of the Americans who fought in Korea or Vietnam, none were "innocent" by virtue of having been drafted. The moral choice there was to either dodge the draft, defect to the other side, or frag the guy giving orders. Anyone who chose otherwise was a criminal and a murderer. And once the draft was over and the army became volunteer-only, all the excuses vanished. Yes, there are people who were in Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria who regretted it, but regretting your crime doesn't undo it. That's just the minimum requirement for being a decent human being in the aftermath.
To everyone who says "you leftists can't go around hating on the troops, don't you want them to join the revolution?" I say "why would they join us if they couldn't handle being told the truth about the genocidal terrorist organization they volunteered for?" If their reaction upon hearing people call the US military murderers and terrorists is to deny or equivocate or rationalize their participation, then they're not yet fit to be a revolutionary. If we're trying to dismantle the imperialist warmongering empire that continues to use its might and influence to murder millions around the world that is the United States, what good is a person who balks at the notion that the troops who volunteer to pledge their lives and their loyalty in service of this empire might be complicit in its crimes?
An American soldier or veteran who is not ready to admit they were wrong will not be any more ready to join us if we lie to them and say they made no mistake in joining the US military. We only weaken our own messaging and our own position if we refuse to condemn not just the US military as an organization but all those who continue to participate in and defend its actions. The troops are not innocent.
ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES CONTINUE TO BOMB DENSELY POPULATED CIVILIAN AREAS
📹 Terrifying scenes from the moment an American-made 2'000lb bunker-busting dumb bomb is dropped by the Israeli occupation army on the center of a civilian neighborhood in the Gaza Strip.
The United States House of Representatives passed on Saturday a military aid package for the Israeli occupation worth some $26.38 billion.
According to a report published by Al-Jazeera, the aid package breaks down into the following categories:
♦️ $5.2bn for replenishing "Israel's" stocks of interceptor missiles and rockets for air defenses.
♦️ $3.5bn for purchasing advanced weapons systems, including $1bn to expand weapons production in the occupied territories.
♦️ $4.4bn in other supplies and services to the Zionist occupation.
♦️ $9.2bn for "Humanitarian purposes," including in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
However, aid to UNRWA is strictly prohibited in the funding.
If you have to ask why the western media would run with a story that paints Pro Palestine supporters as “violent thugs” then you already know the answer.