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US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide

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I feel more compassion for the innocent people they killed and it's not even close.

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The US hasn't fought a just war since WW2 and even that is actually somewhat questionable

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Some searching led me to this report from an NGO called "AirWars" [1] which, in connection with The Guardian, reports that "at least 22,679, and potentially as many as 48,308 civilians, have been likely killed by US strikes". You can't bomb an apartment without also hitting the neighbors. And while we know the US has the the technology to hit a car driver without (physically) hurting the passenger, we also know that…

Israel will happily flatten a whole apartment complex to get one guy.

Israel actually has the capability of targeting a single apartment in an apartment building, and has done so dozens of times in the current war against Hezbollah.

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Israel will happily flatten a whole apartment complex to get one guy.

Israel actually has the capability of targeting a single apartment in an apartment building, and has done so dozens of times in the current war against Hezbollah.

Doesn’t that make it even worse that they also choose to flatten entire buildings?

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I feel more compassion for the innocent people they killed and it's not even close.

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The author of that page appears to be a Holocaust denier[1]. Not exactly the example I would put forwards, especially if I want to make an unannealed appeal against Israeli war crimes.

[1]: A search for that name mostly brings up links to pages for SS apologia.

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Absolutely! But I don't think that’s the most plausible answer here.

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Is there somewhere I can read more about what you are claiming in these comments? How did you learn about these housecleaning activities?

Re: US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some searching led me to this report from an NGO called "AirWars" [1] which, in connection with The Guardian, reports that "at least 22,679, and potentially as many as 48,308 civilians, have been likely killed by US strikes". You can't bomb an apartment without also hitting the neighbors. And while we know the US has the the technology to hit a car driver without (physically) hurting the passenger, we also know that…

Israel will happily flatten a whole apartment complex to get one guy.

They also have been giving civilians warnings to leave areas before they "flatten a whole apartment complex"

Re: US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide

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Glad to see this brought up! My entire Air Force experience is blocked to comment on besides basic training...Tech school and forward is NDA'd, read in, etc You don't really get to sneak a glimpse of operations and write a book like the SEALs seem get to (jk!)

> You don't really get to sneak a glimpse of operations and write a book like the SEALs seem get to (jk!) My understanding is their books are reviewed by the pentagon and don’t reveal the real secret operational details and that’s how they get away with it. Presumably someone like yourself could also write a book and have the pentagon redact it in a similar manner?

...that's what's being said here: nothing gets out. Cyber doesn't equal direct action regarding declassification or piecing together bits of unclass doesn't lead to the book.

For every 1 million cybers, three books are written lol

Every manned operation gets a book mention, eventually.

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I suspect the Cold War of cyber warfare that is happening is orders of magnitude bigger than the public knows. Imagine knowing this and not being able to get emotional support from your friends and family.

How can you fight such fight if the government at highest level is compromised by the enemy - Russia?

Re: US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide

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Glad to see this brought up! My entire Air Force experience is blocked to comment on besides basic training...Tech school and forward is NDA'd, read in, etc You don't really get to sneak a glimpse of operations and write a book like the SEALs seem get to (jk!)

What is it about being a Navy Seal that makes you want to become an influencer? From the books, podcasts, and misc media appearances you'd think that the Seal Teams were made for media like the Blue Angels.

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