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News & Current Events May 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM

U.S. soldier threatened to 'walk into a synagogue with my AK' and 'kill every single Jew,' DOJ says

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U.S. soldier threatened to 'walk into a synagogue with my AK' and 'kill every single Jew,' DOJ says
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U.S. soldier threatened to 'walk into a synagogue with my AK' and 'kill every single Jew,' DOJ says
Jakob Marcoulier, stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, was charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce after he told people on Discord about his plans, the Justice Department said.
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HumanChicken May 6, 2026 +1047
That’s a dishonorable discharge, right?
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stuck_in_the_desert May 6, 2026 +426
Big chicken dinner
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Worn_Out_Nikka_L May 6, 2026 +319
Bad Conduct Discharge for the uninitiated. Arguably worse as a Dishonorable really doesn’t mention why, it’s just bad. A BCD tells everyone what kind of demeanor you have.
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Slighted_Inevitable May 6, 2026 +121
Both result in complete loss of benefits and any bonuses can be clawed back too if he didn’t finish the term.
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DanielCraigsAnus May 6, 2026 +54
You can upgrade a dishonorable discharge to other than honorable
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Initial-Lead-2814 May 7, 2026 +13
You can ask for an upgrade, what every 6 months?
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Takemyfishplease May 7, 2026 +8
Yeah but for a long time they werent really doing it, and it’s fairly difficult irl.
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Slighted_Inevitable May 7, 2026 +3
For something like this it would be basically impossible. Most of the time to even be considered you have to be endorsed by a CO or sometimes a group of active NCOs.
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Spoonacus May 6, 2026 +100
Not at all worse. DD is a lot like a felony and and BCD is more like a misdemeanor. Both can include jail time but DD is much more severe and can even carry the death penalty. Think it also means losing rights to own a firearm but I can't remember if that's always the case or not.  And you can get a BCD from pretty much anything you can court martialled for. It's punitive so you HAVE to be court martialled to get it but you can be court martialled for damned near anything. It doesn't have to be a severe crime. It can be AWOL or fraternization or something else that UCMJ can punish but isn't a real crime outside of the military. There are so many. Not going to a doctors appointment. Jumping off a boat. Bad mouthing your boss. Faking sick. It's not likely to warrant the BCD but absolutely possible and you'd be surprised how much bored, cruel, or insecure officers like to "make an example."  BCD kinda fucks you for government jobs but you can still make it work. You also lose pretty much all VA benefits which was probably the whole reason to enlist. It's not good but it's not the end of the world. Depending on the crime, it might not even get picked up on a background check and is a non-issue after seven years anyway.  It might get expensive with legal fees but you can also get it upgraded to something less severe. You can also request a BCD at your court martial. Like, "yeah, I'd rather just take the BCD and leave the military rather than do confinement and come back to a low rank." It's rare but an option.  Anyway, f*** that guy. Full Dishonorable and lots of confinement. 
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Retireegeorge May 7, 2026 +27
Loss of right to own a firearm would be quite a good idea for this guy.
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Bagellord May 7, 2026 +8
Dishonorable discharge disqualifies someone from possessing/buying firearms legally. It's basically equivalent to a felony or domestic violence charge, in that regard.
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mik3cal May 7, 2026 +5
I thought it was steak and lobster?
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Floom101 May 7, 2026 +4
But what will they serve at Trumps dinner?
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The_Blue_Rooster May 6, 2026 +42
If so, only because it made the news, I was at a party where a drunken sailor showed up with a gun and gathered everyone in the living room to hold at gunpoint while he interrogated us convinced his wife was cheating with someone there(She was cheating but not with any of us). His punishment was that his CO forbid him from going to that house again. For what it's worth that was long before Trump, this isn't another dumbass "In this administration" comment.
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withateethuh May 7, 2026 +7
Ay yo, what the f***? That's terrifying.
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Human-Election-9939 May 6, 2026 +94
More likely a promotion to the joint chiefs of staff
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Technical_Fee1536 May 6, 2026 +87
Maybe if it was a mosque, but this was at a synagogue.
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Human-Election-9939 May 6, 2026 +46
This christian nationalist regime likes israel not jews. They are absolutely fine with exterminating minorities of any type
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youreloser May 6, 2026 +17
Stephen Miller, Jared Kushner, Howard Lutnick, Lee Zeldin are literally Jewish.
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Good_Restaurant15 May 7, 2026 +7
That means f***-all. Hegseth is a nazi and was hand-picked by Miller.
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Vallkyrie May 7, 2026 +32
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews
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madame_of_darkness May 7, 2026 +13
And they're still nazis, so it doesn't matter
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unlolful May 7, 2026 +2
The Christian nationalist regime is ok with Israel because they hate Muslims more than they hate Jews.
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Human-Election-9939 May 7, 2026 +8
Evangelicals need israel to fulfill their doomsday prophecy and bring back their 'messiah'. Thats literally it. They do not like jews any more than they like blacks or Trans people or Muslims.
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sulris May 9, 2026 +2
Racists view Israel as a way to “get rid of” local Jewish people. It’s their version of the “back to Africa” movement. That’s why they can love Israel while being antisemitic.
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SaulTNNutz May 6, 2026 +21
Depends on if he is a Muslim or a Christian
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dorkofthepolisci May 6, 2026 +56
Whelp he allegedly stated it was to “protect the white youth” so….its not outside the realm of possibility someone in the GOP offers him a job
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Best-Chapter5260 May 7, 2026 +10
> so….its not outside the realm of possibility someone in the GOP offers him a job At the very least, he probably has a lucrative right-wing podcast career ahead of him.
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Waderriffic May 6, 2026 +9
He’ll be fast tracked to be a member of the joint chiefs of staff for this.
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No_Struggle1364 May 6, 2026
Yes, a perfect candidate.
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Mraz565 May 6, 2026 +1
In this administration? That's an interview for a promotion.
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markysyx May 6, 2026 -1
Under Kegsbreath? Probably a commendation. Or a discharge for not following through.
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ClassicT4 May 7, 2026 +1
Unless Kegsbreath reassigns him to Kid Rock’s military transport detail.
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sinisgood May 7, 2026 +1
In this admin? If anything that just landed him a job at the Pentagon
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monkeybawz May 7, 2026 +1
Discharge? It's a promotion hearing!
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NanDemoNee May 9, 2026 +1
Maybe not anymore in Kegbreath's military.
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Lithium_Lily May 10, 2026 +1
Nah he's now serving as kegsbreath's PR director
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Elberik May 6, 2026 +307
Not at all surprised that this guy came out of Fort Polk
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WoolooOfWallStreet May 6, 2026 +231
“I don’t have PTSD from being in Iraq, I have PTSD from being at Fort Polk” - Zach Hazard 2019
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Osiris32 May 7, 2026 +30
"You see the corn? The corn is very important to the story!" - Zach
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Only-Respond7945 May 6, 2026 +49
Zach Hazard's theory of Polk being the place where the army sends the rejects and some unlucky souls to try and contain the rest proving true.
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Kaarl_Mills May 6, 2026 +133
Jesus Christ Fort Polk is breaching containment again. I swear everyone who's stationed there and at Ft Cavasos who doesn't just abandon ship as soon as they're possible are always the greasiest, scum of the earth imaginable
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Osiris32 May 7, 2026 +7
> Jesus Christ Fort Polk is breaching containment again. Call the SCP?
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Kaarl_Mills May 7, 2026 +6
They can't fight weaponized incompetence of that magnetude
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JustSmallCorrections May 6, 2026 +50
Right after basic I went to jump school. While we were waiting for our last jump, the instructors were going around to each of the new guys and telling us our first duty station. When he came around to me he told me Fort Polk. Him and a couple others laughed.  At the time I didn't know why.
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ImperiumRome May 6, 2026 +33
So ... what's wrong with Fort Polk ?
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JustSmallCorrections May 6, 2026 +70
It's in the a****** of Louisiana. Terrible location in a terrible state. Closest town (leesville) is right outside of post and its biggest draws are the Walmart and various strip clubs. Compare that to the areas around most other bases. There just isn't anything to do there. Wasn't a huge issue for someone like me who is happy to stay in, but a lot of younger soldiers like to get out and about. Polk is pretty bad for that.
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GourdonHamsey May 7, 2026 +12
I promise, there isn't shit to do outside Fort Drum NY.
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Reveal-Basic May 7, 2026 +9
You have to drive an 40 minutes to get away from Watertown, but f*** you have the whole Thousand Island region and Adirondack right next to you! Scuba Diving, Hiking, etc. I did have to travel to Syracuse for a girlfriend however, I'll give you that.
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GourdonHamsey May 7, 2026 +4
did she work at Paradise Found?? lol >.< there are those amazing things you mentioned. Loved it during the fall, driving around. Then getting lost, but not really, and find a badass small diner called: ["Cooperstown Diner"](https://wgna.com/one-of-the-worlds-tiniest-diners-in-upstate-ny-turned-100/) in Watkins Glen. It's one of the worlds smallest diners.
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Reveal-Basic May 7, 2026 +5
Know that place in WG! Far as SCUBA diving in the Finger Lakes, it was Skaneateles for me. Second cleanest lake in continental US, and tiny freshwater jellyfish! Seneca had some sunken boxcars to dive in on the northern part of the lake.
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Reveal-Basic May 7, 2026 +3
One was a Therapist for some state facility, another was working in her Forestry MGMT masters from ESF. There was a Onc County Social Worker too working towards her master. I have a soft center hard shell career lady type I guess haha.
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adubb221 May 7, 2026 +32
>its biggest draws are the Walmart and various strip clubs you have just described most of the army bases... leonard wood? walmart and strip clubs. leavenworth? walmart and strip clubs. sill? you guessed it! walmart and strip clubs.
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JustSmallCorrections May 7, 2026 +15
Well I can't speak to any of those, but the differences between Polk and Campbell, Lewis, and Benning were pretty stark.
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Bagellord May 7, 2026 +5
Ft Leavenworth Kansas? I mean it's right outside Kansas City, so as long as you have transportation you've got a major metro area to go do stuff in
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wzlch47 May 7, 2026 +7
As a single 24 year old E5 playing OPFOR, it was a blast. I got to go out in the woods and play laser tag a couple weeks each month. I spent my weekends off rotation in Beaumont, Texas skydiving with friends. I completely understand those who hated Polk. There was enough to do within an hour and a half that made the opportunities for having a great time plentiful.
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Kaarl_Mills May 7, 2026 +7
Your job was to troll the rest of the army, you're a statistic anomaly
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JustSmallCorrections May 7, 2026 +1
Same. As someone who spent the majority of those years playing starcraft, call of duty, and Warhammer, Polk wasn't bad at all. 
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kuroxn May 8, 2026 +1
Lmao just that?
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trynared May 6, 2026 +34
Quick, name an army base with a *good* reputation lmao
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hlgb2015 May 6, 2026 +24
Benning seems to be the least bad of the big bases, which isn’t to say it has a good rep, just not a full on slumville like Bragg or Hood or Polk.
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SilvyValeMead May 7, 2026 +7
Ft Lewis is good place to be, lots of things to do in the area.
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_nicejewishmom May 7, 2026 +4
Technically a joint base now, I think. Air Force locations are usually pretty decent.
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blyan May 8, 2026 +3
It’d be nicer if JBLM didn’t blow shit up at random hours of the night though lol
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SilvyValeMead May 8, 2026 +1
Sounds of freedom!
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blyan May 8, 2026 +2
Well can they like... be free when I'm not trying to sleep lmao
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Osiris32 May 7, 2026 +4
Except for the water contamination, steroids, suicide rate, bad command decisions, and history of warcrimes committed by the 3rd/2ID, yeah, Fort Lewis can be nice. If you are already a native of the PNW or anywhere else that is temperate rain forest.
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thenuinn May 7, 2026 +3
Rucker was pretty nice.
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mechajlaw May 7, 2026 +1
If you're already used to small town Great Plains I've heard Fort Riley is pretty decent. Manhattan KS doesn't exactly have a lot going on but you could certainly do worse.
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circamidnight May 10, 2026 +1
I spent 3 or so weeks at ft polk in 2006. That place is the worst.
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KimJongFunk May 6, 2026 +223
He was charged with “transmitting a threat in interstate commerce” and is still in custody. I’m glad they were able to get him before anything happened.
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ElectricalGate6615 May 6, 2026 +2
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curiousbydesign May 7, 2026
Agreed. Kudos to the authorities involved.
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af_cheddarhead May 7, 2026 +84
Quick Response? The threats were made in February and the individual was arrested in May? Not all that quick, but that's Kash's FBI.
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No-Fan6115 May 7, 2026 +6
Well his name is kash. Kash is a hindi/urdu expression which means "if only" , "i wish".
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Guntcher_1423 May 7, 2026 +3
I thought it meant "How much is in it for me?"
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TheEyeOfTheLigar May 6, 2026 +179
Let me tell you something, i was a medic on active duty in the army when Obama was president. Not a single battle buddy of mine talked about "winning the war in the middle east" or any radicalized middle east propaganda that the US or any country is pumping out. This guy sounds like a classic Section 8. But with this headline, and the current political landscape, it works. 99% of my battle buddies literally couldn't tell you why we were in the middle easy, and they certainly didnt act like they gave a single shit about it. It was always go to PT, do your day job, drink alchol after work, and just try to stay out of trouble. After 3/4 years, you get the f*** out and never come back. Npbody EVER gave a single flying f*** about what was happening in the middle east or Isreal. Ironically it would be us who would have to die in their wars, yet none of us really understood why we were even in Iraq or Afghanistan. I really feel for the people being forced to do shit in Iran having never signed up to fight that pointless bs.
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Vegetable_Good6866 May 6, 2026 +92
What made Chelsea Manning decide to release all those files was because when she got to Iraq she looked around and realized "wtf are we doing here?'"
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Blagsc May 7, 2026 +36
Some people just have more morals/ethics, some people cant stand what they saw. Some understand more or are more active and cant handle not saying something. Whistleblowers and etc are rare for a reason (outside of getting punished for it) Most soldiers will just go "dunno did my job" not inherently out of malice but just cause thats what a large bunch of people do (Also having known military whistleblowers myself, most of them are the "ive seen enough, ive had enough of my fellow soldiers complain to me. I'm standing up and taking the blow")
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Lirael_Gold May 7, 2026 +23
You signed up to support US interests through the use of military force. That is quite literally the job of any/every military. The US hasn't fought a defensive war since 1865, (okay 1941 if we're being generous) you knew what you were getting into.
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ActuatorTasty4982 May 7, 2026
I give the benefit of the doubt because they get literal children in schools. I don’t think an 18 year old “man” (kid) knows any better. We don’t really have a culture for the military beyond “they protect us” (somehow) while we also all know deep down the wars are all unjust, but you don’t know that as a kid and I can excuse it for a kid. The age they get most of these guys they really are not equipped and that’s by design 
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MirrorComputingRulez May 7, 2026 +42
> having never signed up to fight that pointless bs. Everyone in the military signed up to do this. That's literally the job.
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Easy_Yogurt_376 May 7, 2026 +29
Yeah it’s kind of weird how we infantilize the troops like they didn’t sign up for war like activities
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HybridizedPanda May 10, 2026 +2
And like you don't thank them so often for their service of war crimes and killing children. 
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slicer4ever May 7, 2026 +13
>I really feel for the people being forced to do shit in Iran having never signed up to fight that pointless bs. I generally agree with what your saying, but what in the hell did you think you were signing up for when you joined the military?
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imnotokayandthatso-k May 7, 2026 +9
Dodge Hellcat
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creepig May 7, 2026 +3
at 30% APR
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imnotokayandthatso-k May 7, 2026 +4
At these inflation rates and rising used car prices, you’d be losing money if you DIDN’T lease a v8!
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creepig May 7, 2026 +3
Come, give me your whole signing bonus for a car! Also the stripper is totally into you, my guy.
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sarcasticmedic92 May 6, 2026 +11
Everything you said; same over here. Same.
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ActuatorTasty4982 May 7, 2026 +5
I mean if you signed up for the military you signed up for pointless BS, as you just described. Hate to say it cuz I get your point but let’s be real, unfortunately y’all get suckered into this culturally and because it’s a good opportunity economically when you are a kid. But this exact pointless bs is what you sign up for even if you known it at the time or not 
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i_r_faptastic May 7, 2026 +2
He's sounds like a consciences objector who went about it the wrong way.
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Good_Restaurant15 May 7, 2026 +2
The US has been "at war" for >98% of it's entire existence. What reasonable person would assume they'd be able to join the US Military, and NOT get sent somewhere to blow up brown people? What in our history has happened, to give ANYONE the impression, they Won't be getting sent somewhere to blow up brown people....???????????????????????????????????????? >I really feel for the people being forced to do shit in Iran having never signed up to fight that pointless bs. I Don't, and I was stupid enough to join the Navy once upon a time... The entire time I've been alive, the US has been blowing up Someone, and they've always been brown.
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PostIronicPosadist May 7, 2026 +7
that's more than a little fucked up
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sunkist-sucker May 7, 2026 +6
f****** bum. keep guns and the like away from this guy
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Pure-Combination2343 May 7, 2026 +8
Got bad news about the US military
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AmethystMalcontent May 7, 2026 +6
That would require gun control, which this country apparently has no appetite for.
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Good_Restaurant15 May 7, 2026 +5
I'm all for gun control. Nothing sucks more than hitting a bystander. On another note. I'll back all gun control measures the moment the rest of the country starts enacting anti-nazi measures. Until then, I'll be thankful the 2A exists, and at least gives me the chance, however fleeting it may be.
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AmethystMalcontent May 8, 2026 +1
I'm with you 100% on that
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Late_Opening4185 May 6, 2026 +23
Least surprising thing to come out of Fort Polk. Hope they throw the book at him. Wishing death on anybody is terrible, absolutely vile. But singling out a group of people is as evil as it gets.
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Popular-Rule May 6, 2026 +53
can we just cool it with the Jews?
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Frequilibrium May 7, 2026 +10
Right wingers gonna right wing
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MonkeyDeltaFoxtrot May 7, 2026 +18
Nazis gonna Nazi.
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Frequilibrium May 7, 2026 +14
I just said that
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Stalinium2 May 7, 2026 +1
Are you calling conservatives nazis?
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Frequilibrium May 7, 2026 +7
No. Billions of people are.
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MonkeyDeltaFoxtrot May 7, 2026 +2
Yes, you did.
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Kendall_Raine May 7, 2026 +37
Luckily you don't need to assume, you just need to read the article. He's just a white supremacist. Those are nearly always right wing.
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Hodr May 7, 2026 +9
If this were the 80s/90s you could safely say right winger. In the 21st century it's a toss up.
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Cynykl May 7, 2026 +3
The left being understandably mad at the Israeli government has given the real antisemites cover.
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DisruptorEyeBe May 10, 2026 +2
Or it’s all the evil “Isn’t-Real” is spreading across the globe.
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Civil_Future_2095 May 6, 2026 +98
Oh, so what department are they making him head of?
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TimDuncanIdaho922 May 6, 2026 +34
He’s gonna replace Hegseth.
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classless_classic May 6, 2026 +10
Or Patel
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Thu66 May 6, 2026 -10
Uhh this admin is the greatest defender of israel
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a34fsdb May 6, 2026 +18
Not because they like Jewish people. 
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UselessInsight May 6, 2026 +17
An American soldier threatened American Jews. Why did you bring up Israel?
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Spire_Citron May 6, 2026 +5
He didn't say he was going to attack Israel, though. This guy was a white supremacist, and they really don't care about anything directed at Jewish people for that reason even though they're usually the ones getting violent with it.
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HereInTheCut May 6, 2026 +9
Sounds like his next SecDef
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Kursiel May 6, 2026 +14
AK? In the US military?
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UselessInsight May 6, 2026 +26
You can buy semi-automatic versions in the US. He’s not getting a US military issue AK.
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OldAccountIsGlitched May 7, 2026 +5
It's still a pinko commie design used by terrorists. Real Americans should be brandishing ARs like Jesus intended. /s Although I guess the right likes Russia these days. So maybe my assessment is out of date.
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websagacity May 7, 2026 +11
He could own his own AK.
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t-mille May 7, 2026 +3
Conservatives are foaming at the mouth to continue the atrocities they started 90 years ago.
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edingerc May 6, 2026 +18
Going to get an invite to the Proud Boys while in prison. 
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PossiblyATurd May 7, 2026 +13
He should've said he'd shoot up a school, they would've left him alone then.
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ChummusJunky May 6, 2026 +16
100% chance he voted for Trump and instead and is now blaming the Jews for his daddy's problems
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Stalinium2 May 7, 2026 +2
Not even a trump problem, the issue is that everyone associates Jews with Israel and right now everyone hates Israel
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DrEpileptic May 7, 2026 +5
Ok sure, but the whole idea that Israel made Trump do it- he could’ve just said no like Biden and Obama did. So like… still only works if you’re brainrotted or just hated jews to begin with.
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Chocol8Cheese May 7, 2026 +2
He will get a kegsbreath promotion
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RINewsJunkie May 7, 2026 +4
He was just promoted to a General by Whiskey Pete
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JordanTheOP May 6, 2026 +6
People are disgusting
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My_alias_is_too_lon May 7, 2026 +4
So ICE is going to give him an e*****, then?
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spatialflow May 7, 2026 +3
If he said he was gonna kill all the liberals he would probably have a rank promotion, a gofundme that reaches a million dollars, and a guest appearance on Fox
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wytewydow May 7, 2026 +6
conservatives sure are a confused lot.
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According_Role_2802 May 9, 2026 +1
He walks into the synagogue, sees wedding rings on everyone's fingers, and leaves sad and disappointed.
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Prudent-Parsnip-7105 May 9, 2026 +1
With the way all military personnel are being treated is anyone surprised.
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Guntcher_1423 May 7, 2026 +1
Promoted to head of Joint Chiefs then?
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