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2006-11-19 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Ummm... Somebody send a memo to the Joint Chiefs of Staff: if we're not already using bloodhounds and such to track down bad guyz, why aren't we?"

Don't you know that dogs are unclean in Islam? We don't want to upset anyone, do we? And if we use dogs, doesn't it mean that the terroists have already won?

Posted by Oregonian 2006-11-19 02:44|| 2006-11-19 02:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, they use monkeys to clear out minefields, don't they? Aren't monkeys unclean? :-)

Posted by gorb 2006-11-19 02:53|| 2006-11-19 02:53|| Front Page Top

#3 And if we use dogs, doesn't it mean that the terroists have already won?

Lol...

Posted by .com 2006-11-19 03:01|| 2006-11-19 03:01|| Front Page Top

#4 We used dogs in Vietnam.

Of course we also left them to be a VC dinner buffet when we evacuated Saigon.

Posted by Flemp Thulet6359 2006-11-19 08:35|| 2006-11-19 08:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Hardly Flemp. I grew up with 2.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-19 16:03|| 2006-11-19 16:03|| Front Page Top

#6 nice yarn, Flemp Shitlet

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-11-19 16:26|| 2006-11-19 16:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Vietnam K-9 units, the dogs and their handlers, were credited with saving thousands of lives in the war. There are countless stories of how the dogs prevented an ambush, discovered deadly mines or booby traps, or sounded the alarm against infiltrators. (See Famous War Dogs for some Vietnam stories.) These dogs were so effective that the VC offered bounties for killing military working dogs and their handlers.

Three to four thousand scout and sentry dogs served in Vietnam, largely German Shepherds. Sadly, at the end of the conflict, in a decision that remains painful decades later, most of the in-country dogs were euthanized. Fewer than 250 dogs were returned to the United States or other locations.

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Posted by Elmert Crosh5077 2006-11-19 18:25|| 2006-11-19 18:25|| Front Page Top

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