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

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Who gives US president authority to just murder whoever he wants?

US voters

A group which has been known to collectively make a mistake or two

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(Replying to my own post). Also, it’s gotta be mentally draining to be told by the president they have to win but also always let Russian attacks though. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/defens...

Presidents come and go and, hopefully, this one will be held accountable.

There may eventually be a Nuremberg II for the henchmen but the ship has sailed on bringing the dear leader to justice.

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Is the implication here that we should take the moral high ground and let our adversaries murder us first?

It's quite strange what your adversaries become them after you travel to other side of the planet and kill, maim and destroy them.

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People who believe nonsense about the government assassinating our own citizens come from all across the political spectrum, especially on the fringes. I legitimately don't know the politics of the people commenting here, nor do you know mine.

I confused by this comment. You do not know the politics of people here but I should before making a comment that agrees with yours? > come from all across the political spectrum My point is that people are far more likely to call something a conspiracy theory if it comes from the other side to their own

Being that this is the internet I mistook your statement for saying that I was just calling this a conspiracy theory because I was on the opposite side of the politics of the people I was speaking ill of.

If that wasn't the case, I apologize for my misunderstanding.

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Is Canada an adversary of America? Or Greenland? What position should Canadians or the people of Greenland take with regards to the people in the US military who are currently working to annex and invade their countries? What position should the US military take with regards to the people in those countries who are currently working to resist those efforts to annex and invade their countries their homelands? Do you c…

Should the whole of the military quit because the American people were x enough to elect Trump?

There is a Godwin in there somewhere.

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!)

Just write a fiction book

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> “Women belong in the kitchen”

They never said anything remotely like that in their comment. You're actively lying about their words in addition to badly breaking the HN guidelines. You should re-read them:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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

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News just in: talking about your mental health, especially for men, does not improve your mental health. For the majority of men, most of the time. If it did, shouldn’t we see mental health improving by now?

This is a fascinating assertion. I would love to read more about it. Can you please provide some sources?

Narrator: They could not.

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

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People who believe nonsense about the government assassinating our own citizens come from all across the political spectrum, especially on the fringes. I legitimately don't know the politics of the people commenting here, nor do you know mine.

Were Anwar al-Awlaki, and the three other U.S. citizens they smoked at the same time also fringe conspiracy theory? or maybe you’re just not fully familiar with the rules of engagement Continuity of Government sets for itself.

I'm well aware of Anwar al-Awklaki. Lived in Yemen and was a recruiter for and a senior member of Al Qaeda, a terrorist group we are at war with, connected with a number of terrorist attacks against the west, as well as kidnappings and assassination plots. And thats kind of just scratching the surface.

He wasn't working at US Cyber Command in the US.

I'm assuming you understand the vast difference here. And that waging war against the US puts you on a different playing field.

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

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> In some cases, they suffer from insomnia, memory loss, rumination and physical illness, So, like most middle-aged desk jockeys then? > “There’s always a crisis and everything’s always a priority,” said Schoka. “We would burn people out faster than we could produce them.” Sounds a lot like my job...

Ah yes- your old job where your boss could put you on twelve hour shiftwork indefinitely while making you pt while denying you adequate housing or food all under the threat of military justice and telling you if you tell anyone anything you're breaking a dozen national security laws.

lol exactly. The emergency of most “desk jockey” jobs is artificial. In national cyber com for the biggest cyber target on the planet, not so much.
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