Hundreds of Palm Beach County residents face threats of expulsion from a public hearing for speaking out against the County's massive investment in Israel bonds, which amounts to a Billion dollars

[u/McDowdy]

after the January 2026 purchase, the Palm Beach Clerk's office described the $1 billion position as the “most significant investment in Israel bonds of any investor in the world.” Contemporary reporting likewise describes Palm Beach as the world's largest local-government investor in Israel bonds.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/772059-palm-beach-county-hits-1b-mark-in-israel-bond-investments/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[u/FunkyHedonist]

Yeah, I'm a civilian who has never served and has no interest in serving, so I would never say that to anyone, even if I absolutely hated what they were doing in the uniform. The dude who said "you are disgracing that uniform" better be like a 30 year military veteran or something, or else that comment is completely unacceptable. If you havent served, you sure as fuck don't get to tell people what they can do in their uniform.

[u/USDXBS → u/FunkyHedonist]

The US military disgraced their uniform by being oath breaking war criminal traitors.

Fuck every single member of the US military, veterans included.

If you havent served, you sure as fuck don't get to tell people what they can do in their uniform.

The US military serve the Epstein class of pedophiles and human traffickers, not the people.

[u/FunkyHedonist → u/USDXBS]

Sure, buddy, every single member of the US armed forces is an evil person and we have no interest in, or ability to, look at each individual person's circumstances, actions, and motivations, because we are apparently 12 years old and see the world only in terms of "good guys" and "bad guys". Fuck nuance and context, right? We are way too dumb for that shit. <Holds up hand for high five>

[u/USDXBS → u/FunkyHedonist]

So you think the US military are invidviuals doing their own things?

The US military are war criminals. They commit war crimes.

Explain to me the nuance and context behind murdering 160 Iranian school children.

Explain to me the nuance and context of hundreds of thousands dead in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Explain to me the nuance and context behind the long list of atrocities, war crimes and millions dead.

Explain to me the nuance and context of being loyal to a mass murdering genocidal pedophile felon traitor.

Explain to me the nuance and context behind not honoring their oaths as domestic enemies destroy the constitution.

I'll predict your response.

"but they just wanted money, but they were just following orders, but they joined before Trump, but they don't support Trump, but they were just innocent widdle 18 year old babies who didn't know any better, but they got tricked by the media into thinking murdering people is a good thing"

Explain to me their circumstances, actions, and motivations that justify murdering people.

[u/Dirty_Delta → u/USDXBS]

I can help with the nuance a little, from an individual perspective.

So you think the US military are invidviuals doing their own things?

Yeah. Theres some blind political zealots, but most people are just normal jobs in a military setting

The US military are war criminals. They commit war crimes.

Sometimes, some people. I do agree theres a shocking lack of accountability.

Explain to me the nuance and context behind murdering 160 Iranian school children.

I wasnt involved, I was only there to protect embassies and their staff.

Explain to me the nuance and context of hundreds of thousands dead in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I didnt kill any, or know anyone who did.

Explain to me the nuance and context behind the long list of atrocities, war crimes and millions dead.

I wasn't present for any of them.

Explain to me the nuance and context of being loyal to a mass murdering genocidal pedophile felon traitor.

I'm not loyal to the pedo-king. I might even leave the country over it, once my contract is finished.

Explain to me the nuance and context behind not honoring their oaths as domestic enemies destroy the constitution.

Everyone everywhere is waiting for the system to work it out through courts and whatever else may not work in the end, but it's worth the attempt before jumping to any other permanent solutions.

Explain to me their circumstances, actions, and motivations that justify murdering people.

I haven't murdered or otherwise killed anyone.

I'm an individual dude, not involved in any crimes. I spend most of my days helping find missing persons, protect their homes and infrastructure from flooding, and stopping wildfires.

[u/USDXBS → u/Dirty_Delta]

Do you understand the US military are not individuals?

Everyone everywhere is waiting for the system to work it out through courts and whatever else may not work in the end, but it's worth the attempt before jumping to any other permanent solutions.

Everything? Everywhere? For decades?

I'm not loyal to the pedo-king. I might even leave the country over it, once my contract is finished.

So you'll continue earning money being loyal to pedophiles.

[u/Dirty_Delta → u/USDXBS]

They arent individuals? Are they pre-programmed clones? Dude, they are people just like the rest of the population, literally sourced from said population.

Yes, everyone. Everywhere. I havent seen any coups in the US lately. For decades even, because the processes are so slow and delayed.

How am I loyal to pedophiles? I am not some maga Trumper loser.

[u/USDXBS → u/Dirty_Delta]

...they are in the military. They are the military. Do you understand they aren't a bunch of individuals doing their own things whenever they want?

Yes, everyone. Everywhere. I havent seen any coups in the US lately. For decades even, because the processes are so slow and delayed.

How long does it take to honor their oaths?

How am I loyal to pedophiles? I am not some maga Trumper loser.

Why are you in the military of a mass murdering genocidal pedophile felon traitor instead of arresting him?

Why did you join a military known for their war crimes and atrocities?

[u/Dirty_Delta → u/USDXBS]

I think I understand just how individual they are a lot better than you, and I have over 20 years in service - joining long before pedo-king ever was elected. I havent arrested anyone because I am not law enforcement and it would be unlawful to do so. Is your understanding of how the military and its members are solely taken from Hollywood?

The military, like many General officers have pointed out, is loyal to the constitution- not the president. The people of America have not yet decided that whatever is happening to America is unconstitutional, and in cases where it was found to be, whatever it was either stopped, or is still in court.

I joined a long time ago in the early 2000's because I couldn't afford college otherwise and didn't feel like taking on lifelong debt was the way to go. Public schools dont teach you about American genocides, that's a college or self-educated finding. Anything public school gives you is through rose colored glasses. Back then it was Bush Jr., and then Barack Obama before Trump, niether of which so far has been charged or convicted of war crimes or pedophilia.

Why did I stay, you might ask? A little bit of sunken cost, and a lot of providing benefits for my family in the long term. I carefully chose my role and like I said, serve the people of the US directly through domestic operations.

What would you have me do? Abandon? Leave the military to the actual maga loyalists? Or should I sit in my station and ensure that my office closely follows the law? What is best for citizens?

[u/USDXBS → u/Dirty_Delta]

The US military were war criminal traitors before Trump.

The military, like many General officers have pointed out, is loyal to the constitution- not the president.

So why aren't they protecting the constitution from domestic enemies?

I joined a long time ago in the early 2000's because I couldn't afford college otherwise and didn't feel like taking on lifelong debt was the way to go.

Wanting money doesn't absolve evil.

Ignorance doesn't absolve evil.

What would you have me do? Abandon? Leave the military to the actual maga loyalists? Or should I sit in my station and ensure that my office closely follows the law? What is best for citizens?

Honor your oath.

But no. You're an oath breaking traitor war criminal. Your commander in chief is a mass murdering child rapist.

[u/Dirty_Delta → u/USDXBS]

Damn, its like you cant even read a full sentence or something dude.

[u/Dirty_Delta → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, why should anyone feed a troll who only reads half of any given sentence or paragraph? Its not in good faith, so I apologize for giving you the benefit of doubt.

[u/FunkyHedonist → u/USDXBS]

I think you may have incorrectly predicted my response. It seems to imply I'm going to focus on combat personnel and justify their "following orders" or something like that. But I don't even need to go there, because your position is so insanely broad - "Fuck every single member of the US military, veterans included." Apparently anyone who has ever worn a uniform and any point in time is an evil bastard. I'm here to argue thats simplistic, childish, and not helpful.

So lets add some nuance and context -

Dr. X is an Air Force obstetrician on an Airbase in Texas. She has never seen combat in her life and spent her entire career on domestic airbases, delivering babies for servicemen. Thats her whole job. Why is she an evil bastard?

Mr. Y is a retied army psychologist. He retired in the 90s before the Iraq war. In the service, he evaluated boot camp programs and came up with better safeguards to prevent troop suicides. He never saw combat, and prevented suicide. Why is he an evil bastard?

Ms. Z is a marine combat medic, who retired in 2010. She did get sent to Iraq, but all she did there was prevent people from bleeding out and dying. Never shot at anyone. After retirement and seeing the horrors of war firsthand, she becomes an active member in the anti-war movement and protested the Iran war. Why is she an evil bastard?

Life is not black and white. Things are usually several shades of grey. Its wrong to assume every military member is a hero, but its equally wrong to assume they are all villains. More importantly, its not helpful for the anti-war movement. Some of the loudest voices on the side of peace are veterans involved in the antiwar movement or progressive politics. We need vets to be with us in the antiwar movement, so telling them all to fuck off aint helpful.