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Maine Senator responds to claim from challenger Graham Platner that she sent him to die in Iraq: "That was Platner's decision to serve. He was not drafted" (cdn.imgchest.com)
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5900413-collins-responds-to-platner/

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[–] 26 points 2 months ago (1 child)

While technically true. She's still the dumb bitch that voted to subject the troops to it.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

    Enlisting to serve does NOT mean you should expect a war of CHOICE. Iraq had nothing to do with anything, and this old bag CHOSE to send people to die there.

    Not because we had to, because SHE wanted to.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Oh absolutely. Which is why I still pointed out that she was the one that voted to subject him to it. No one should sign up to fight in the army of the capitalist. Or any other authoritarian group drunk on power regardless of what economic dogma they spout.

    But once you sign up you cannot easily resist them using and abusing you in wars of choice like that without severe consequences. It's still on her as it always has been and always should be.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    If you are American it 100% does. Why would you think the moment you signed up would be the moment they would stop starting wars suddenly? I mean, fuck senator Collins obviously, what an awful ghoul, but she's correct in this case. Anyone signing up to be in the military has to own what they're signing up to do and it's not like there's no way to know.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I just wish more soldiers understood that Democrats are anti-war, because they are pro-soldier. Republicans are pro-war, because they consider soldiers stupid cattle asking to be slaughtered.

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