After hundreds died in recent demonstrations, and protesters raided her residence, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled her country to India aboard a military helicopter.

The protests were student lead, reportedly stemming from a decades old policy in which war veterans and their families were given hiring preference for many jobs and that issue was exacerbated by an ongoing financial crisis.

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Will Killmore is a US Army combat infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 172nd Stryker Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Following his time in service, he successfully pursued a certificate of journalism and has been a blogger for Funker530 since 2014. Follow Will’s bad takes on Twitter