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duckworth969

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4. Mortgages and pensions

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:08 AM

Nov 4

Losing everything after 30 years of service, I don’t know how I would feel about that if I were in their shoes.

From my vantage point, that would be a hard call especially if you have others depending on you.

Sigh, it’s all a hot mess that will not end well.

It’s going to come down to an illegal order that will be refused by the ranking officer on site.

Having said that, I also believe some of our troops would fire on civilians. All it takes is a few shots.

I wish I didn’t feel that was true, but two words have taught me to believe otherwise: Kent State.

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