• zephyreksOPM
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    9 months ago

    Given that the US can’t even keep its barracks on American soil in decent condition, I guess it’s no surprise that they have no environmental protections abroad…

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      9 months ago

      Hmm, what do you mean by this? And any proof/citations? When i was in the Baracks were old but immaculate.

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          https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/09/20/poor-oversight-leaves-military-barracks-in-dire-condition-report-says/

          Is the article that your link refrences. Yeah, i mean i agree with it those are not great mold/broken pipes. But it wasn’t meant to be a 5 star resort either. I spent 2 years stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in a barracks that couldn’t be torn down because it was a historical monument because it had bullet holes from ww2. Shit sucked. None of the barracks i lived in had security cameras back in 2010. We had a couple guys in duty that roamed the area. We didn’t have heaters because we were stained in a area that didn’t need them. I don’t know what the current standards are.

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            9 months ago

            Yeah that’s fair. I admit I don’t have first-hand experience, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if things have degraded significantly in the past decade.

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        9 months ago

        don’t ask for proof, without giving any. you’re bound to be asked to deliver yourself.

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          9 months ago

          My proof is 5 years of service in the military spending every Thursday cleaning for 4-5 hours for field day inspection where the higher ups go through the barracks on Friday to make sure they are clean.

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            9 months ago

            Your bedsheets being folded accurate to the micron doesn’t mean that you aren’t dumping hydrazine in the river.

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              9 months ago

              Do you have any idea how strictly inforced and followed hazmat regulations are in the military? They’d fine the unit thousands if a single glove with fuel on it wasn’t disposed of properly. Inspections are frequent and random.

              Quit your bullshit we weren’t dumping chemicals into a water supply, could barely throw our napkins away without asking LS2 for a plastic bag and a marker jfc.

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    9 months ago

    Awesome. So instead of simply having the taliban, now they can enjoy the taliban AND environmental degradation.

    /s

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    9 months ago

    TBH I struggle to worry for Afghanistan. That country has a terrible culture and while we can criticize the US here, that place was not and has not been fine for a very long time.

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      9 months ago

      Oh gee I sure wonder why

      Surely it couldn’t have been impacted by a twenty-year occupation, right? Surely not.

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          9 months ago

          Ah yes, because a 20-year occupation couldn’t possibly make anything worse.

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        No absolutely not.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_bazi

        While this might be controversial Afghanistan and a lot of other places in the world do actually need foreign policing and a forceful cultural change.

        Not saying how we make the change or what it becomes but some places are so ass.

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          So? Doesn’t mean that American occupation of Afghanistan hasn’t delayed their social and economic development by at least two decades (and probably far more).

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          Afghanistan’s been catching shit left and right and they get no break lol