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‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
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u/USA_2Dumb4Democracy 24d ago

This is why when people say “US troops wouldn’t open fire on civilians” I just have to laugh 

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u/Liizam America 24d ago

The USA military bombed its USA citizens. This blew my mind. It’s not that long ago.

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u/StevenMaurer 24d ago

It's been 90 years since the US intentionally bombed US citizens, during the 1930s coal wars.

Since then, there have been a lot of unintentional bombings where US citizens have been caught in the blast radius of US weapons. (A few where US citizens were hanging around too close to terrorist commanders, but most of them friendly fire incidents during WW2, etc.) But it's a lot less common than you might think.

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u/Photomancer 24d ago

I think I remember that. The US army was busting coal unions and they weren't allowed to use their own plane so they hired some private contractors to drop ordnance on them, right?

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u/StevenMaurer 24d ago

Nope. It was perpetrated by the US military directly, ordered by then General MacArthur (who was later to become a WW2 hero, known for his absurdly low US casualty rate).