“I’m not going to grovel my country for the privilege of living in it, a privilege I thought I earned in blood.” www.stripes.com/branches/arm... - ThreadSky

jasonkander.bsky.social • 133 days ago

“I’m not going to grovel my country for the privilege of living in it, a privilege I thought I earned in blood.”

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-02-13/fort-carson-iraq-army-veteran-deportation-ice-barco-16820694.html

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spinny.bsky.social•133 days ago

Jose Barco made the news in 2010 for the multiple traumatic brain injuries he suffered in the line of duty.

spinny.bsky.social•133 days ago

There is no reason citizenship should require any more than an oath. There was no reason for him to literally be shackled in a truck because he had not satisfied ICE's lust for bureaucracy. And yet.

litavan.bsky.social•133 days ago

So much sadness all around with this.

jmoods717.bsky.social•133 days ago

Terrible

itsnotmyfault80.bsky.social•132 days ago

They have no respect for you(military). The ones that wear the flag as a sign of patriotism, are among the least patriotic among us. Republicans have been abusing your asses for decades, when the fuck your all going to wake up is another story. Your president calls you losers and you cheer him.

grandmabb.bsky.social•132 days ago

trump just couldn’t wait to dump on him again.

sinnersmile.bsky.social•133 days ago

Just wait until RFK has those same soldiers who take antidepressants to stay alive in camps.

donnastanleydieter.bsky.social•132 days ago

My parents did not survive the trauma of the Second World War for the Nazis to gain control on this country's soil. I owe it to their memory, to the future of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, to fight fascism.