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Trump, 79, Sends Jaw-Dropping Message to Families of Fallen U.S. Fighters
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why the fuck is a us citizen allowed to join a foreign military? if the us pivots and becomes allied with russia - do these murder hungry larpers become criminals or switch sides?
Please, pick up a history book.
"Forgotten Veterans: The Americans who died fighting for Canada in WWII"
"Alfred Parkyn was one of nearly 9,000 Americans who volunteered to fight for Canada before the U.S. had officially entered the Second World War."
please learn to comprehend - i did not ask for examples i asked for why they are allowed.
yes you have lots of heroes and good guys and volunteering when needed is indeed important.
volunteering for money for college? no.
i do not trust the US to not pull the rug out from these guys. so … how is this legal and allowed and what happens when the US turns its back on ukraine?
I didn't give you a single example to answer all of your questions. You don't even know enough to form the right questions yet. That's why I told you to pick up a history book.
Thats not the takeaway from the example I gave. Its that war is murky. Geopolitics is a constant moving narrative. Its that principle can be more important than civil statute. Its that a nation of immigrants doesn't immediately divorce itself from its prior ethnic affiliations.
That is indeed a possible risk. You're going to be shocked to learn about American citizens that fought for Germany in WWI, and were welcomed back to American with no hard feelings.
"allowed"? Which unit of the US government do you see chasing US citizens into a warzone to stop them?
Again, history book. There is no one answer. History has examples of it going both ways and no consistent answer as to what the future holds.
So again, pick up a history book and look at how prior examples of this play out for not only US citizens, but also other citizens in other nations that we in the USA drew our legal inspiration from.
Along with the reading of history, if you could check your arrogance at the door, that would be appreciated too. Starting from a place Ignorance is no crime as long as you're looking to learn. It is possible to engage in conversations without being an asshole.