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[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Weighs". A curious term.

The WSJ sanewashing this administration because the Pentagon follows the commander in chief and we know Trump neither weighs, ponders or considers shit.

He makes up random bullshit on the fly and the Pentagon blindly obeys. If they are lucky, they get to react as to how to minimize the inevitable fallout of supremely stupid decisions in the hopes they can survive long enough to make it to to retirement.

The smarter Pentagon officials are probably googling "US military pension lump sum payouts" along with "Renouncing US citizenship" and "Warm, cheap places to retire to."

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just posted this because last week it was 2000. By these trends it will be 50000 next week and 250000 after easter...😑

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's gonna be a second Vietnam if the dumbasses go through with it.

I hope Israel is a worth it.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I hope Israel is a worth it.

It isn't. Genocide killed any chances there. They became what they feared most.

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

There's no lump sum option for a military pension, at least not in the US, and renouncing citizenship also forfeits any future pension or social security entitlements.

Edit: VA and healthcare benefits too.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

AFAIK, once you qualify for Social Security, you get it even if you stop being a citizen. I looked into it at some point as I plan to renounce once my parents pass (I already live overseas)

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Interesting. Wonder why you retain that but lose everything else. Thanks for the correction.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can you sell your pension to JG Wentworth types?

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've never heard of it. Doesn't that require the pension to have a buy-out value? Military pension doesn't have that.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

If you have a pension worth $1 mil, that trickles in over time, you sell it for $600,000 lump sum and just get pension payments deposited into an account of their choosing. You got some immediate cash. They get more money over time.

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

10,000 of our guys to be sacrificed for the Epstein class. Again.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 days ago

So this is really happening, huh? It's almost surreal, as it's pretty obviously going to turn into a disaster, but there's no stopping it. A horrifying train crash in slow motion.

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Everything for Zionists !

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If this is the headline then you can be damn sure the Pentagon is already planning to put those boots on the ground, they just need a few friendly articles first

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

It's a trial balloon at best, or yes softening the inevitable.

This also sounds exactly like how we ramped up troops in Vietnam.

A friend works for the Department of Defense in Japan and told me a couple of weeks ago that a lot of military folks were already being shipped out.

[–] LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do it. Doooooooo it. Let's just throw those kids into the meat grinder, fire up the old conscription, and watch America implode

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Oh it’s happening alright and Americans lap it up.

[–] compast@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

10K body bags? yipee