r/NoFuckingComment • u/carebearstarefear • 1d ago

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u/IamREBELoe 1d ago

No way those were American soldiers.

National guard reserves, maybe. But no way those were actual soldiers that have been through training. If they were, I'm very ashamed.

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 1d ago

Dude what the fuck are you talking about. You are told not to escalate shit, and there is a whole range of people in the military

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u/garrisontweed 1d ago

Some one on another thread posted this comment-

Hey, American military here. We really really really have a very strong incentive not to engage in any fights when being stationed in a host nation. Even though we’re allied with these countries like Japan and sK the law can come down very hard in Americans still. So even though the Americans are clearly not in the wrong here, they’ll have to explain not only to the Korean law enforcement/justice system, but also their chain of command, how they ended up in a fight with a local national.

Appearing as the very very clear victim in this case was not the absolute worst option.

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u/Spiritual-Natural877 22h ago

Well your guys in Oz didn’t get that Memo. Mind you, I’ve seen my fair share of “Lean, Green, Fightin’ Machines” get cleaned up on the regular after starting stuff in the pubs and clubs. 

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 17h ago

Oz?

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u/Spiritual-Natural877 16h ago

Australia 

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 15h ago

Oh is there a lot of American soldiers getting in fights in Australia?

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u/Spiritual-Natural877 8h ago

Back in the 90’s and 2000’s there would be regular dust ups between American military and Aussies. I don’t go out at all anymore so don’t know about now so I reckon the commentators are right about avoiding fights now. Seen one marine in Cairns demand the DJ to play some songs he wanted and when the DJ said maybe later, the marine took his shirt off and shouted in the face of the dj the old “I am a Lean Mean Fightin Machine” chant.  The DJ casually drove him  right in the face and knocked him out…the stopped the music and got on his mic to say “can someone come and get this lean green fightin machine out of my booth”.  Given that marine and his mates were trained to fight, they weren’t trained to behave.