r/MURICA • u/merdekabaik • 17d ago

Greatest than Canada 😊

That’s definitely true!

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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 17d ago

Wild to include Pat Tillman. gunned down by friendly fire and covered up by the military?

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u/Helmsshallows 17d ago

Why is it wild? Kind of a dumb take. He’s inspiring not because of how he died, but how he lived.

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u/Background_Wheel_932 17d ago

What a wild take. Might as well include pictures from Iraq in that case

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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 17d ago

A life squandered by a misguided military mission? Relax theoden, the afghans didn’t light the beacon.

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u/90_ina_65 17d ago

GONDOR CALLS FOR AID!!!!

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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 17d ago

Where was Gondor when the west fall fell?

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u/90_ina_65 17d ago

So Much Death. What Can Men Do Against Such Reckless Hate?

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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 17d ago

Ride out with me. Ride out and meet them.

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u/Helmsshallows 17d ago

I’m saying he’s included because he’s a symbol of patriotism. Give up a fat NFL paycheck, give up playing in a league he’s been dreaming of and training for since he was a kid, to join the army after 9/11.

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u/turvy42 17d ago

My understanding was he joined because his brother was being deployed. Famously wouldn't give his opinion on politics/terrorism/or if he thought the Bush wars were a good idea.

Is that incorrect?

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u/NormanQuacks345 17d ago

All to get killed by your own men, and have your death covered up.

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u/HappyLittleGreenDuck 17d ago

And a symbol of where that patriotism gets you.

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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 17d ago

Agree to disagree.

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u/Helmsshallows 17d ago

why are you on the murica sub anyway?

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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 17d ago

The jokes. The jingoistic frail superpower subreddit never took off. Probably the title.

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u/harshdonkey 17d ago

Dont find anything inspiring about giving up your dreams to be killed in a far off shithole by your own military.

Its sad af, and in the end his sacrifice meant nothing.

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u/Helmsshallows 17d ago

It inspired a nation.

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u/harshdonkey 17d ago

Lol no it didn't, it just showed how the military will use a good man's death.

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u/Helmsshallows 17d ago

No, it showed what true patriotism looks like.

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u/Warm_Difficulty2698 17d ago

True patriotism is going overseas to fight in a war for oil predicated on a lie about weapons of mass destruction to just die and have your death covered up by the military?

I love america, but this ain't it, bro. This is the dark side of America.

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u/mizzlekinkizzle 17d ago

Kinda weird to celebrate the country that sought to cover up his death. It’s why it’s also funny they included MLK, who received letters from the government telling him to kill himself 

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u/slickweasel333 17d ago

We are celebrating the country, not the government.

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u/Helmsshallows 17d ago

Not weird at all to celebrate the USA and the fine people that made this country great.