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Yossarian
Oh, if we could only drive police cruisers like that... laugh.gif
samy0
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 29 2007, 01:28 PM) *
Good clean fun. Kinda like stacking up naked men in a pyramid. What did Rush call it? A college fraternity prank.

They love Americans who do stuff like that. Just ask Snoopy.


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not that I even want to argue the point but the reason they dont stop or slow down is if they do they get BLOWN UP!
Yossarian
please take your freakin' political/anti-political agenda to another thread. this was not posted to elicit responses as to whether or not we belong in iraq, it was posted, in my opinion, as an aside.
coma
I'd drive my Rubicon around like that if I could get away with it.
samy0
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Jan 29 2007, 02:00 PM) *
please take your freakin' political/anti-political agenda to another thread. this was not posted to elicit responses as to whether or not we belong in iraq, it was posted, in my opinion, as an aside.


just thought it was a relevant clip. wasn't meant to spark another america is bad bush sucks diatribe but what do you expect? Doesn't that ever get old Id?
Anyhow, I would much rather piss off a couple civilians than get my legs blown off
City Park Dad
I liked the guy picking his nose! Not a care in the world.
Yossarian
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 29 2007, 02:59 PM) *
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Jan 29 2007, 02:00 PM) *
please take your freakin' political/anti-political agenda to another thread. this was not posted to elicit responses as to whether or not we belong in iraq, it was posted, in my opinion, as an aside.


Forgive me for making comments about Iraq in the Iraq forum.

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Yeah where you can talk all you want about whatever you want in the appropriate threads. Political opinion does not belong in this particular thread.
Udmas
laugh.gif I bet that does p!ss off the Iraqis.
Yossarian
Only an idiot would take advantage of a non-political thread to promote their political agenda.


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cfulmor
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 29 2007, 08:48 PM) *
QUOTE (Udmas @ Jan 29 2007, 06:14 PM) *
laugh.gif I bet that does p!ss off the Iraqis.


I'd bet it doesn't bother them a bit. it's probably the least of their problems. hell, everybody drove like that in Manila in 1972.

Do you think those guys did it because they were worried about being bombed. they didn't sound too worried to me. They were probably stoned. I would have been.




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Now are the Soldiers definding your sorry A$$ are stoners? This isn't the 70's and this isn't Vietnam.

You are as pathetic as John Kerry.
City Park Dad
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 29 2007, 09:18 PM) *
Turn up the volume and listen to it again.


The only thing I heard was a comment about the guy picking his nose. Didn't sound like a joy ride to me. Actually it was very quite. Like maybe they were even a bit worried/scared?
samy0
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 29 2007, 05:56 PM) *
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Jan 29 2007, 05:31 PM) *
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 29 2007, 02:59 PM) *
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Jan 29 2007, 02:00 PM) *
please take your freakin' political/anti-political agenda to another thread. this was not posted to elicit responses as to whether or not we belong in iraq, it was posted, in my opinion, as an aside.


Forgive me for making comments about Iraq in the Iraq forum.

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Yeah where you can talk all you want about whatever you want in the appropriate threads. Political opinion does not belong in this particular thread.


An American serviceman driving a US military vehicle recklessly in a war zone and politics is off-topic for that discussion.

Whatever you say Yoss. I've deleted the offending posts. For the record there was nothing in either one that wasn't true and they were both directly related to US servicemen and the Iraq war.

The next time someone starts a thread linking to a video but not providing any commentary I'll check first to see what their intent was before I respond?


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Its tiring even trying to explain what the thread is about. It wasn't a commentary on Iraq or Bush and as you'll notice I didn't put any snide political comment in with the video. I just thought it was interesting that this is how they drive to avoid being a TARGET!!!

Sorry for not providing a commentary on the thread for you. Do you think its odd that nobody else saw this clip as a reason to bash the servicemen, war effort, or Bush? Only you.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions. I just find yours to be too repetitive and biased to give any credence to.
txexpatriot
I loved it!! Do you fools think any army is courteous? Heck, they avoided hitting any pedestrians...I thought they were nice...

Made me want to have a hummer though...think what the cops here could do if they had one!! Just gently push vehicles out of the way...no wonder AWWNNold had to have one..
cfulmor
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don't mention that the reasons for starting the war were wrong
Your opinion (Don't bother quoting polls)

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that it's been fcked up from the start


See above

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God's sake don't criticize George Bush
Why on earth would you stop now? rolleyes.gif

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If they had been blown up I doubt it would have made this forum.


Sure it would have, you'd have been "Outraged" wink.gif
Yossarian
ffs Idiot, why don't you take that blathering banter to the receipe thread? you just don't get the concept of staying on topic do you. Nothing wrong with being passionate about something, but fanatical is something entirely different.
samy0
does it ever end? sad.gif . To all of you who could actually watch the clip without your panties getting all wadded up about Bush this and Bush that thank you for watching. all the clip does is show you what they have to do in order to stay alive and NOT become a target!

To those of you who cant help but take the opportunity to drag this innocuos little blurb into YET ANOTHER endless rambling SEEK HELP!
SMan
I tried to post good news one time, but you laughed at me for using a DoD website as the source.
momsapilot
Oddly enough, I actually had the same initial opinion of the video footage as Idiot, but he beat me to posting it. I thought they were driving like a-holes. However, samy may have a valid point in the reason for driving that way. Since I'm a civie, I don't know. Just my 2 cents, and I will not drag any other political aspect into it (Bush, the war in general, etc.).
cfulmor
Thank you Moms for not "feeding the fire". wink.gif
cfulmor
That's because they have all been fed the liberal bullsh!t about this conflict and fallen for it. As you have said many times, the general public is niave.
Mcgee
That to me, was an audition to be a cab driver in New York. rolleyes.gif He passed the test. biggrin.gif
Just one more reason to get the He** out of that sand box. They dont care.
coma
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 30 2007, 02:46 PM) *
You can watch the same clip at You Tube. They also show over 600 comments on it. I'd venture to say that less than 5% of them think that they're driving like that "in order to stay alive and NOT become a target."

The vast majority of them saw it the same way moms and I did.

Well, the YouTube'ers don't have much clout with me... except for this one:

"Another America hater. Go eat a bowl of dicks scumbag."
SMan
QUOTE (coma @ Jan 30 2007, 05:09 PM) *
"Another America hater. Go eat a bowl of dicks scumbag."



Hmm. This could be the new sig I've been needing. wink.gif
Yossarian
Hey! I've been advertising for a new sig longer than you! biggrin.gif
samy0
One last clip. And this is why they don't stop or slow down in traffic!

http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=208002





From now on I'm sticking to topics that aren't so divisive. Klan rallies, abortion, and gay marriage! laugh.gif
samy0
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 31 2007, 09:33 AM) *
QUOTE (samy0 @ Jan 31 2007, 08:41 AM) *
One last clip. And this is why they don't stop or slow down in traffic!


I was expecting a second, bigger explosion. I was on the edge of my seat right up to the last second. Great suspense.

It makes your point though. I've already admitted to CPD that I was wrong.

It may not seem like it at first but I do think that watching and discussing these videos gives us all a little different perspective.


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Thats what they are there for wink.gif

Now on to something fun like the next anti abortion rally!
cfulmor
I would ALMOST believe you, if it weren't for the wink.gif. I figure you are just trying to placate the graves you have pissed on.
Yossarian
I think I read or saw somewhere that over 1,000 military personnel have been killed by IED's, those roadside bombs set up to go off when a military humvee or other vehicle passes by.

Anyone that doesn't think that our military personnel are in extreme danger while riding in the streets of Baghdad or any Iraqi town/city, is a damned fool.

Now I know these videos aren't showing IED attacks, but rather RPG's (rocket propelled grenades) or morter rounds, but the extreme danger is still there, especially when the vehicles are slowed down or stopped by other traffic.

You can go on and on about how we don't belong there, but the fact is, WE ARE THERE, and our military personnel MUST do whatever they can to survive.
samy0
Car bomb

http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=208255


Night vision of Iraqs planting IED's

http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=201137
coma
While I was watching the night vision video, I kept thinking of what a sweet headshot I could have if I was playing Counterstrike.
cfulmor
QUOTE (Idiot @ Jan 31 2007, 11:46 AM) *
QUOTE (coma @ Jan 31 2007, 11:21 AM) *
While I was watching the night vision video, I kept thinking of what a sweet headshot I could have if I was playing Counterstrike.


Don't let fulmor hear you say that.


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Why?!? he's shooting the bad guys. More power to him.
coma
QUOTE (cfulmor @ Jan 31 2007, 04:15 PM) *
Why?!? he's shooting the bad guys. More power to him.

That's kinda what I was wondering. *shrugs*
Udmas
The first video is brutal, that just shows you what kind of people we're dealing with.

The second video looks like fun, but I'm sure there are people out there that think the soldiers should have went over and arrested the bad guys so they could have a fair trial.
coma
That video is all the trial they needed. They certainly weren't setting up a lemonade stand.
cfulmor
QUOTE (coma @ Feb 1 2007, 08:24 AM) *
That video is all the trial they needed. They certainly weren't setting up a lemonade stand.


Amen Brother!!!

One of the things that reallys stabs me in the back is the AMERICAN media, who interview these insurgent scumbags. How sick is that? They are betraying their country and emboldening the enemy. Instead of carrying a camera, they should be carrying a pistol and shoot these scumbags instead of interviewing them. mad.gif
Heather
QUOTE (cfulmor @ Feb 1 2007, 08:40 AM) *
One of the things that reallys stabs me in the back is the AMERICAN media, who interview these insurgent scumbags. How sick is that? They are betraying their country and emboldening the enemy. Instead of carrying a camera, they should be carrying a pistol and shoot these scumbags instead of interviewing them. mad.gif

Testosterone runneth over.

Journalists report the news. The military kill people.
samy0
Geraldo with a gun! laugh.gif Thats news I would watch
Mcgee
New world record for longest shot by a sniper.

1-1/4 mile by a Canadian sniper with a 50cal. special sniper rifle.
The bullet is 7 in, long and 3/4 across.
If I can still find the video i`ll post it.
cfulmor
QUOTE (samy0 @ Feb 1 2007, 10:46 AM) *
Geraldo with a gun! laugh.gif Thats news I would watch


No, he's one I would point a gun at.
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