one of the more notable objectors this year was spencer ripon a second lieutenant who was discharged on june nineteenth june eighteenth for disparaging the u.s. war machine online and promoting socialism apparently reading about the true story of pat tillman was what did it for him for opponents said it's pat tillman showed me i could resist the indoctrination i didn't have to let the military dehumanize me and turn me into something monstrous when i learned how his death was covered up to sell the war it was shocking to sell the interesting turn of phrase to sell the war why is it that we would need to sell a war oh i know because it's completely unjustified of all things else. like. people naturally agree with or enjoy doing you don't have to average size them like you don't see ads they feed your kids. do that you know or commercials saying try sex sometime. that stuff comes pretty natural but you do need promotion media propaganda in your face for our endless war games because that doesn't come naturally people to people it comes naturally just shows to go pats and then it has to