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2005-12-29 Iraq

Iraqi-American teen on "joy" ride to war zone

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Posted by Whutch Threth6418 2005-12-29 18:35|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ah...to be young and dumb again...

Posted by Danking70 2005-12-29 19:34|| 2005-12-29 19:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, it was dumb. Really dumb. But something in me really admires this kid. He's got something - beyond dumb, and beyond idealistic and naive. A willingness to DO, rather than sit around and be done to. I hope somebody significant picks up on this and cultivates it and directs it appropriately. Maybe the USMC?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2005-12-29 19:43|| 2005-12-29 19:43|| Front Page Top

#3 A real reporter - my pills! This kid, dumb as this stunt was, should be taken in by someone - like Michael Yon.

He's got the right principles - or so it seems - just not enough sense. That the US military expended effort on him is a large debt, IMHO. Wotta weird kid.

From such oddballs come the likes of Mark Twain - this moronic stunt reminds me of Twain's equally brief Civil War stunt. He needs tutelage from someone who can keep him from getting his throat cut.

I thought I'd heard it all.

There are easier ways to get laid, there, Hassan.

Posted by .com 2005-12-29 19:45|| 2005-12-29 19:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Now that's alpha Gonzo.

Posted by Leon Clavin 2005-12-29 20:01|| 2005-12-29 20:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Forgive him. He is from Fort Lauderdale.

Posted by Florida Gators (DragonFly) 2005-12-29 22:21|| 2005-12-29 22:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Sometimes I think RB needs to do the Fark thing and have a special category for FL stories...

Posted by .com 2005-12-29 22:26|| 2005-12-29 22:26|| Front Page Top

#7 You don't have the bandwidth.

Posted by Florida Gators (DragonFly) 2005-12-29 22:29|| 2005-12-29 22:29|| Front Page Top

#8 "How I got three infidel zionist agents ~~Iraqi civilian and children~~ ~~killed~~ reducated via my phone receipts"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-29 22:37|| 2005-12-29 22:37|| Front Page Top

#9 "You don't have the bandwidth."

ROFL, Dragonfly! :-D

As for the kid, I envy him. I pulled somewhat similar stunts when I was young. (Though, as a woman, I was smarter than to ever try it in anything but a Western - or at least communist - country.)

I treasure - and miss - those days.

I predict that young man will go far. Provided he survives. ;-p

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