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2010-05-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran prepares for battle with Swamp Thing

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Posted by tipper 2010-05-01 10:38|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Iran's military displayed a range of home-built drones

Kites and "hot air" balloons?

Does Iran have any idea how ridiculous the troops look goose-stepping in their ghillie suits?

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-01 11:02|| 2010-05-01 11:02|| Front Page Top

#2 *looks closer* eh, it's all ghillie suits. I thought the one on the left was Cousin Eddie for a sec.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-05-01 12:27|| 2010-05-01 12:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Where are they going to fight, Bangladesh? I don't know of any tropical swamps in Iran. Those suits would boil whomever was in them in about 30 minutes in the desert. I've worn OUR chem suits for 14 hours, and that's pretty debilitating. Those things would roast a body to a turn.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-05-01 16:00|| 2010-05-01 16:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually there is a very large marsh/swamp network in Iraq - the Tigris-Euphrates marshlands. The Marsh Arabs tend towards Shia in belief and have fought the Baghdad Arabs for centuries. Saddam was draining those swamps and turning them into desert to rid himself of the Marsh Arabs when we overthrew him, and liberated Iraq.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-05-01 16:21|| 2010-05-01 16:21|| Front Page Top

#5 I'll take Swamp Thing for 50 in the 2nd.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-05-01 18:53|| 2010-05-01 18:53|| Front Page Top

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