HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
It is generally part of the job description. A soldier in a war has a high probability in dying. A soldier’s death is a typical cost to war. A politician, in contrast, doesn’t have death as a potential risk to their profession. If anything, the death of a politician is generally a sign of the state being actively harmed.
ZMonster@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Just a friendly FYI for something that really doesn’t matter, outside of Russia’s galactic fail, these days this is largely untrue. I only knew a handful of dudes that died in OIF, it was nothing compared to the Iraqi local nationals. If you were running the genocide, the probability was less than 1/1000. We all wore shrapnel home though, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
The quote comes from the Joker in The Dark Knight Rises, which would have been said during GWOT. The odds of death were lower during those wars/occupations than previous, but the odds were still higher than the civilian population.
ZMonster@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Lol, good point!