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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago

The advocates said it was important to draw a distinction between the personal political preferences of service members, many if not most of whom voted for Trump last November, and the higher principle that military personnel should not get involved in politics or politically motivated missions that blur lines of responsibility with civilian agencies

I’m not seeing much principle on this assignment, fignuts.