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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Did he bring her back to the US after the war ended?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

No, but he thinks another soldier did. It's a bit of a grim tale (though that page doesn't cite its sources, so take this with a grain of salt):

the kitten was one of two who were orphaned after a soldier shot their mother for “yeowling”. The marine who adopted the other kitten killed it after rolling over on it in his sleep.

But Praytor’s kitten survived. He fed her on meat from ration cans. After Praytor left her to return home, she became something of a mascot for the company’s public information office. Praytor believed another marine, corporal Conrad Fisher, eventually adopted her and brought her home to the United States.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Probably thrown into the river once the propaganda has served it's purpose.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

imagine waking up and being this hateful by default.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Imagine seeing kids being killed for 20 months by the US empire and it being normalised by liberals.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Just so you're aware, this is about WWII. You know, the war about that European empire that was spreading, and the one where the US didn't join in until they were attacked by that Asian empire that was spreading.

Most of the other modern engagements, sure. I agree. Not really this one though. Nazis are kind of bad, you know?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Not that i agree with the guy picking a fight but it literally said korean War in the picture

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Korean war according to OP, but still, I agree. The US was unilaterally the good guy here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Every soldier is an unfeeling, child eating monster. Humanizing them is bad, we don't want them to be seen as humans.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

You know it this soldier was drafted? He may not have had a choice in the matter

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You‘re joking, but humanizing soldiers has got to be one of the best ways of preventing the death spiral that is war.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Glad you recognized the sarcasm

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Who shit in your cheerios this morning?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

And he is connected to the Korean War?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I envy your view of the world. Full of kittens and loveable soldiers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

All I see is a man tenderly caring for a vulnerable, fresh-born living being. A glimmer of hope for humanity.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago