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2018-04-12 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-12 08:01|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 It would be idiotic if they weren't.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-04-12 09:20|| 2018-04-12 09:20|| Front Page Top

#2 ...something, something about the Marine barracks in Beirut.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-04-12 10:13|| 2018-04-12 10:13|| Front Page Top

#3 It would be idiotic if they weren't.

Yeah. You would have to be an idiot to disarm the border patrol.

Posted by gorb 2018-04-12 12:45|| 2018-04-12 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe London could send over some bobbies to search for and seize sharp objects.

DailyMail, please unclutch your pearls!

Posted by Roth LaDoad 2018-04-12 12:48|| 2018-04-12 12:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I like how the armored Humvee at the link is referred to as a "tank". Seriously Journalists, when you fail at basic terminology of ANYTHING, nobody is going to listen to you anymore.

Posted by Silentbrick 2018-04-12 13:28|| 2018-04-12 13:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Silentbrick, you see the 'Hummer is an Assault Vehicle with icky military features. Like a rifle having a pistol grip and a detachable magazine -- this makes it just the same as a tank™.

Posted by magpie 2018-04-12 16:53|| 2018-04-12 16:53|| Front Page Top

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