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		impossiblefork 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli... Yes, but these are traditionally not treated as actual soldiers, but civilians commanders-in-chief-in-name-only.

OkayPhysicist 18 days ago [–]

Only because of professional courtesy between powerful assholes. I have far more sympathy for an infantry grunt from literally any country in the world than any head of state.

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