Armed Forces Behaving Badly

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Plenty of people see it. The problem is that the people who object have no power, and the people with power don't object.

 

[Pocket]

Isn't there a statue based on that same photo? How long before that comes down?

 

[abates]

Me, I'm just waiting for them to erase all mention of Obama and claim he was a DEI president.

They will do it if they think they can get away with it.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

You just know he has the CIA looking for that birth certificate.

 

[NovaSaber]

Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social)

The first civilian detained by U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was an ARMY VETERAN on his way to a VA APPOINTMENT https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/

bsky.app

 

[Anonymous X]

British person here, I can state that using the military against your own citizens does not end well (see: Northern Ireland 1968–1998).

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

US marine jailed for seven years for sexual assault in Japan

Jamel Clayton was given seven years, with a judge describing the physical attack as "vicious".

www.bbc.com

I think the US president described such people above quite well in the video below.