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which was that one prominent user who died on the hill defending U.S. veterans like a year back? you are legally required to disclose if you were Graham Platner 
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Smedley Butler was not a mercenary, he was a soldier. There is a slight distinction. Not one good person has ever signed up to be an American mercenary. He doesn't even have the "patriotic idiot" alibi, he signed up for the multiple tours with the war pigs.
I wouldn't vote for Smedley Butler running as Democrat either, another radlib imperialist. But at least he wasn't a mercenary.
Yeah that’s a good point too. It’s a small distinction but an important one.