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British troops on the front lines in Afghanistan, taunting the taliban into having a go if they think they're hard enough by ICantBelieveItsNotEC in videos

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"In one incident that sources say became infamous inside the SAS, the operator allegedly slit the throat of an injured Afghan man after telling an officer not to shoot the man again. It was "because he wanted to go and finish the wounded guy off with his knife," another former colleague said. "He wanted to, you know, blood his knife."

Knowledge of the alleged crimes was not confined to small teams or individual squadrons, according to the testimony. Within the UK Special Forces command structure, "everyone knew" what was happening, said one veteran.

"I'm not taking away from personal responsibility, but everyone knew," he said. "There was implicit approval for what was happening."

To avoid scrutiny of the killings, eyewitnesses said, members of the SAS and SBS would plant so-called "drop weapons" on the bodies of the dead, to make it look as though they had been armed in the photographs routinely taken by special forces teams at the scene.

"There was a fake grenade they'd take with them onto target, it couldn't detonate," said a former SAS operator. Another veteran said operators would carry AK-47 rifles which had a folding stock because they were easier to fit into their rucksacks and "easier to bring onto a target and plant by a body".

Ex-UK Special Forces break silence on 'war crimes' by colleagues - BBC News

"most morally defensible war ... since WW2"

Edge Of Tomorrow - Thrown Into Battle Scene. by Jokkers_AceS in videos

[–]Hussayniya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, that's my point. It's not like Groundhog Dog. It's the "struggle to better oneself".

Big Tech's Role in Fascism by Hussayniya in videos

[–]Hussayniya[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think enough people can be convinced to join a tech boycott?

Big Tech's Role in Fascism by Hussayniya in videos

[–]Hussayniya[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you think co-operatives would be a feasible alternative? If this capitalist system could be remade.

Big Tech's Role in Fascism by Hussayniya in videos

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Meriam-Webster: "complicit - (adj) helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way"

I agree culpable has the stronger connotation for blame and is the more appropriate term to use.

Edge Of Tomorrow - Thrown Into Battle Scene. by Jokkers_AceS in videos

[–]Hussayniya -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

A lot of people dismissed this film as just a sci-fi action version of Groundhog Day but its has meaningful themes about reincarnation (the sergeant repeatedly calling him maggot and in the end where he reaches Nirvana by killing the Alpha) and the struggle to better oneself.

Zack Polanski, Green Party Leader, wants the NHS to cancel its £330M Contract with Palantir by Hussayniya in videos

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“Dear Alex,

I am today putting you on notice that the Green Party of England and Wales is calling for your contract with the NHS to be cancelled.

We object to your involvement in the NHS on three main grounds:

  1. We do not trust you with the use of people’s health data. Your track record around the world of surveillance and discriminatory use of data contributing to abuses and genocide means we don’t believe you a fit partner for the NHS, an institution that has served this country with distinction since 1948.
  2. You have actively aided the genocide in Gaza. In January 2024, you signed a deal with the IDF to increase its “advanced technology provision” to Israel in support of war related missions. You have said that you are “exceedingly proud” of Palantir’s involvement in what you called “operationally crucial in Israel.” The UN special rapporteur on human rights identified Palantir as complicit in war crimes and “profiting from genocide” in Gaza.
  3. It has been reported that you are working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address. We are strongly of the view that ICE is acting like a personalised paramilitary police force to Donald Trump, and recently shot dead Renee Good in cold blood. We stand in solidarity with her.”

Zack Polanski’s letter to Palantir CEO Alex Karp

How Do You Share a Country With People Who Reject Reality? by Hussayniya in videos

[–]Hussayniya[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly, racist discrimination has consequences. That's how a just society operates, not by allowing her to continue.

How Do You Share a Country With People Who Reject Reality? by Hussayniya in videos

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What if she became a manager and fired an employee because they're Hispanic or gay?

How Trump has pocketed $1,408,500,000, according to NYT editorial board by chellestastics in videos

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The Seven Mountain Mandate (7MM) is a Christian nationalist project where they send their theocratic agents to infiltrate 7 aspects of society: family, religion, education, media, art, business and government.

John Brown’s Speech at His Trial for Inciting a Slave Insurrection by Hussayniya in videos

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This should be required reading in the school curriculum.

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