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2019-12-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Marine smuggled guns to Haiti so he could train military, become president

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-03 06:47|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Someone wanted to rule in Hell instead of serve in Heaven. A lot of that going around.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-03 06:59|| 2019-12-03 06:59|| Front Page Top

#2 ...a lot of making a place Hell to reign in seems to be going around too.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-03 07:03|| 2019-12-03 07:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Had he just secured the proper agency backing.....

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-03 07:38|| 2019-12-03 07:38|| Front Page Top

#4 ... and attained the requisite inter-agency consensus ...

Posted by Lex 2019-12-03 08:21|| 2019-12-03 08:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, I admire his ambition. Just not his smarts.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-12-03 08:48|| 2019-12-03 08:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Heart of Darkness

Posted by Frank G 2019-12-03 09:07|| 2019-12-03 09:07|| Front Page Top

#7 "Mr. Kurtz? Him dead. Him gah damn dead..." One of the best stories ever told.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-03 09:20|| 2019-12-03 09:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe not rule in hell, but maybe he felt he could finally make a decent country out of haiti, raise it up to the third world.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-12-03 13:34|| 2019-12-03 13:34|| Front Page Top

#9 I'll take Journalistic Hysterics for $200 Alex.

five handguns and three military-style rifles and ammunition

What are things within reach of the bed?

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Later in the article, guy says he knew what he was doing is illegal, and would be arrested, and that arrest used as a podium of sorts.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-12-03 15:10|| 2019-12-03 15:10|| Front Page Top

#10 A Haitian, on crossing his Rubicon,
Sat weeping in Zion for Babylon.
"Bro, why did you go?"
"Doh! I really don't know...
But I wish I'd invaded Lake Woebegone."

Posted by Solomon Schwarzeneggar4284 2019-12-03 15:12|| 2019-12-03 15:12|| Front Page Top

#11 I meet an orchid collector that got in trouble for smuggling military equipment into Haiti. His WMD's were a web belt and a surplus GI canteen!

Posted by Bugs Prince of the Danes7415 2019-12-03 17:43|| 2019-12-03 17:43|| Front Page Top

#12 ...Set a goal and stick with it, that's what I always say.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-12-03 17:48|| 2019-12-03 17:48|| Front Page Top

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