Organizations that help service members apply to leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats and targets inside Iran.

One service member is concerned the military blew up bridges in Iran that were not military targets. Another thinks Pentagon leaders are not doing enough to prevent civilian deaths during airstrikes inside Iran.

Yet another asked questions about how the military knew it was not killing civilians when launching missiles at boats it believed were trafficking drugs.

MS NOW spoke to five troops who want out of the military because what they saw in recent months challenged their moral beliefs.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    He said most of the calls he receives about the Iran war are not from service members fearing for their own lives. “They are scared of the moral and ethical implications of participating in this,” he said.

    What part of the history of the US Military made you think this was going to be ok?