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Found a reddit post from Platner describing his unit in Iraq being ordered to stop using mortars in high density urban areas.

He devised a method to use mk19 grenade launchers to evade detection by command. "It wasn't the most accurate system" he says, but he still used it.

jesus-christ

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[–] VHS@hexbear.net 65 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Sad footnote, Will Morrow survived Ramadi but was shot in the back of the head and killed by his ex-wife years later

What can you say but that justice was served?

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 58 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope she gave a cool one liner like, "You're the disease and I'm....the Ramadi" stalin-gun-1

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 41 points 2 weeks ago

Ex-wife of that war criminal join Hexbear! we-fucked-up

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago

It’s called the death penalty sweaty, that’s what you get when you commit war crimes

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 59 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Im starting to think he knew that wasnt the jolly rodger

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This guy being in the news has been the best thing ever. Every day it's something new. It's the perfect blend of crayon chewer fascism and completely absent political and social instincts.

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bhaskar Sunkara haters never go hungry in fact we are at risk of several serious dietary conditions

[–] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

more like Yakubin

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 51 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Guy's gonna get elected with the Bernie nod and turn into Fetterman 2.0.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

I fucking hope so. Just to see people like Hasan writhe under the weight of their support for him before hand. Fetterman should have been a lesson. We should all support planters! Like a rope supports a hanged man.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

me risking karmic retribution thinking

"Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!"

[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 50 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

what-the-hell

Just how bad is it going to get with this Nazi psychopath before the "electoral left's" movers and shakers admit that they are a bunch of fucking morons for backing this guy or just plain full of shit

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 41 points 2 weeks ago

Bernie came out and congratulated Trump on immigration, so…don’t hold your breath

[–] LadyCajAsca@hexbear.net 48 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine disobeying orders, not to save civilian's lives, no no, but to make civilian's lives worse.. damn.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 48 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He could’ve personally murdered a million Iraqi children with his bare hands and radlibs wouldn’t give a fuck

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 44 points 2 weeks ago

That's just called "being presidential".

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 44 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trying to imagine what it's like to be this variety of war criminal. What happens when you and your fellow colored wax pencil enthusiasts blow up a civilian? You just look at each other, shrug, and say "let's try to aim better next time"? What kind of person is even able to live with themselves when doing this, let alone seek out loopholes to continue doing it against orders?

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What happens when you and your fellow colored wax pencil enthusiasts blow up a civilian? You just look at each other, shrug, and say "let's try to aim better next time"?

You're not familiar with just how evil these people are, I guess. The reaction is more like

"FUCK yeah bro, look at the way that slur splattered! Nice shot! We should head for that elementary school next!"

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Starting to think the troops are bad. thinking-about-it

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 40 points 2 weeks ago

There's that famous video of British troops literally beating up Iraqi schoolchildren on their way back home while their (the soldiers obviously) compatriots cheer in the distance.

These people are reminders that no, not everyone understands the world in the view that they're the good guys; some people just see the world as 'I'm superior and they're inferior, and that makes it okay to do what I want with them'.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Look in the replies for a bonus crayon chewer defending this.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's one person defending this as a valid tactic, and another who says he hates Platner for being a communist nazi but loves his ingenuity in going after the enemy.

These 'people' are just real life orcs and goblins

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Yeah I guess these are the guys the Dems are trying to appeal to nowadays?

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

“communist nazi”

The American education system

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

shitbird

oh shit is platner a hexbear?

[–] miz@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

I remember Leahy using this term several times on Trailer Park Boys

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Reading this actually made me dizzy with how evil it is, I'm normally empathetic to a fault but watching this person be eaten alive by centipedes would make me feel nothing

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

When someone is trying to kill you, you get every opportunity to kill them back.

I agree: the Iraqis and Afghanis were 100% justified in killing burger troopers. If the burger troopers didn't want to be killed, they shouldn't have invaded.

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where does this crayon chewer meme come from? I've never heard this one before.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Navy members eating crayons is a classic joke.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

All water-type war criminals are the same to me (/j, thanks for the correction).

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've NEVER heard that before.

And I was actually considering joining the Navy in my pre-woke period.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Your subconscious rejected the taste of colored wax.

[–] Huldra@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago

They need to give this guy the Vlad the Impaler treatment.

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

I initially misread this and thought it said he disobeyed and order TO kill more civilians and was like "oh, okay may he's not a total fash".

But nah, keep seeing more and more confirmation this guy is just a Nazi freak trying to run as a progressive for some reason.

[–] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Mk19s are fully automatic 40mm grenade launchers who's ammo fails about 10% of the time. A dud 40mm grenade looks like a shiny gold egg and can explode if picked up. Hope this guy gets shot in the neck..

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

No idea, but it is his. It has been in several actual publications (Jacobin came to his defense, lol).