• ButtBidet [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    My general frustration with Western wars is that I wish they would finish and clean up their old fucking wars before starting new ones. I’m assuming that 1% of the US military budget for one year would make a massive improvement in this one issue.

  • LaughingLion [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    My father was in Vietnam in the Airforce. Was exposed directly to agent orange. One of the issues that is well known is that it causes deformities in the urinary tract of babies. I was born with such deformities. Kidney issues, chronic stones, and more. I’ve had a camera shoved up my cock more times than I care to remember (and they aren’t small, let me tell you!).

    Thing is, even though my particular issues are exactly those covered by the VA in babies they are only covered if your mother was exposed. The US government does not cover any medical issues if your father was exposed and does not recognize them as being caused by agent orange at all.

    So at no point in my life has the US government ever paid a cent for any treatment, tests, medication, or time off I’ve needed for my birth deformities even though other worldwide organizations would recognize these as caused by them.

    In short, death to Amerikkka.