Robby Starbuck on Lessons

Free him and drop the charges. Don’t want troops to bet on their own success? Then tell them and lay out clearer rules. It’s all basically the Wild Wild West right now. I also have no issue with them betting on their success. If the mission failed he would have lost his $, right?

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