"Support the troops!"

Any socialist should utterly reject that statement, yet many alleged anti-imperialist socialists still say essentially the same thing in different terms anyway! Are many people who join the military poor? Yes. Does that mean they were "forced" into it? No. The US military is all volunteer. It's not Vietnam anymore. They joined for the economic benefits knowing full well they would be serving Israel and potentially murdering children, whereas the vast majority of poor young Americans DON'T volunteer to serve Israel and murder children. I have 0 sympathy for any U$ mercenary thug who gets turned into fine red mist by Iranian hypersonic missiles. Good riddance. And spare us all the Russian revolution analogies. The US military c. 2026 is in no way comparable to the Russian military c. 1917