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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Troops call Taliban "girlie men"! |
| 2004-09-09 |
| PsyOps at its best! Not as if they get Ah-nuld on TV in Afghanistan though. Long read, but worth it, to see the morale of the troops in Afghanistan's "Indian Country." Here's just a taste! The loudspeakers atop the Humvee crackled to life: "The Taliban are women! They're bitches! If they were real men, they'd stop hiding under their burkas and they'd come out and fight!" It was high noon in the remote and stony heart of Taliban country, and 34 cavalry scouts from the U.S. Army were looking to pick a fight. Three hours later, they had all the fight they could handle. |
| Posted by:BA |
| #11 Leave it to the Cav - thats why I'm proud to be a Cav Trooper. And as far as Sweistein and Boxhead go, has there ever been a state more incompetently represented in the senate as California is now? These two are even worse than Kennedy and Kerry. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-09 11:04:33 PM |
| #10 Oh, I thought the troops were referring to Diane Boxer, Mad Albright, and Diane Feinstein. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-09 10:09:36 PM |
| #9 Source: Channel 4 news - sorry Bulldog, I'll go switch it off. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-09 2:45:57 PM |
| #8 BREAKING: Zawahiri in vid says Taliban control Soth and Eastern Afghanistan whilst Americans control the cities and hide in their trenches. This report would seem to contradict this somewhat. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-09 2:41:33 PM |
| #7 "Come out and fight! It is a good day to die!" -- Cheif Dan George, "Little Big Man" Some things never change. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-09-09 2:37:39 PM |
| #6 Remember that rumor going around after 9/11 that OBL had a teeny penis? Maybe it's a membership requirement. Cue Lynndie England with that cigarette and the pair of Hanes for Her, too! |
| Posted by: GreatestJeneration 2004-09-09 2:07:27 PM |
| #5 "A soldier in the front seat added: 'Most of us think they've already caught Osama and they're just waiting to announce it the day before the (U.S.) election.'" Interesting . . . . |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-09-09 1:48:31 PM |
| #4 lots of ketchup, some soy sauce, some worchestershire sauce, black pepper, some Louisiana style hot sauce like Crystal and it's all good! |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-09-09 12:51:59 PM |
| #3 Around 3 p.m., convinced the Taliban hadn't taken the bait, Peterson decided to head back to the helicopter-landing site. He wanted to gather some more intelligence there. He also wanted to buy a goat from a villager and grill it for his men for dinner. Anyone know a way to get these guys some BBQ sauce. That goat's gotta be kinda gamey. . . |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-09 11:17:26 AM |
| #2 radition-contaminated drinking water....forbidding territory...quagmire! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-09 10:15:23 AM |
| #1 "Neener neener neener! Omar's got no wiener!" "Mahmoud! What are they saying?" "They say you have no doinker, effendi!" "But how... how did they know?" |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-09-09 10:02:30 AM |