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2005-08-14 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Captain America 2005-08-14 18:17|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 plz relocate to appropriate category

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-14 18:19|| 2005-08-14 18:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Isn't donkey the symbol of the (anti-war on terror) Democratic party? Ride em troopers! Ride em!

Posted by RG 2005-08-14 18:29|| 2005-08-14 18:29|| Front Page Top

#3 They were also used to great effect in Burma.

Posted by raptor 2005-08-14 18:35|| 2005-08-14 18:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Now the Marines are stuck there. The Army only uses mules.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-08-14 18:49|| 2005-08-14 18:49|| Front Page Top

#5 ...There is a marvelous picture from Afghanistan in '01 that shows Green Berets in traditional dress, on horseback, carrying laser designators. Sometimes you have to cross the old with the new.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-08-14 18:58|| 2005-08-14 18:58|| Front Page Top

#6 I am waiting for the armored up jack asses. Rumsfeld, where are they?

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-14 19:00|| 2005-08-14 19:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Time to bring by the air-borne mule

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-14 19:18|| 2005-08-14 19:18|| Front Page Top

#8 âIt's also much cheaper for the U.S. taxpayer for us to rent the donkeys than for everything to be air-dropped.â

Have they tried air-dropping donkeys? They could start with Ted Kennedy.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-14 19:55|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-14 19:55|| Front Page Top

#9 But Kennedy isn't a donkey, Robert. He's a long-eared Jackass. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-14 21:43|| 2005-08-14 21:43|| Front Page Top

#10 This is why they need mules. Donkeys get these urges. Mules don't.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-08-14 21:55|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-08-14 21:55|| Front Page Top

#11 that Marine training base is on the Sonora Pass - 4 miles off 395 highway, about 8-9000' elevation IIRC

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-14 22:42|| 2005-08-14 22:42|| Front Page Top

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