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2003-11-18 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-11-18 2:51:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Airborne!

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-18 7:45:26 AM|| 2003-11-18 7:45:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 If I remember right,they use the commando's to capture,control,and corral the rogues.Pretty good documentary.

Posted by Raptor 2003-11-18 8:11:35 AM|| 2003-11-18 8:11:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Do the commando elephants have snake tattoos on their trunks?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-18 9:45:19 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-18 9:45:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like Ba-bar to me... I suspect the "commando" elephants are really Special Forces, though, since they're responsible for "hearts and minds".

Posted by snellenr 2003-11-18 10:16:36 AM|| 2003-11-18 10:16:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Commando elephants?"

What's this, the Carthaginian Special Forces?

Posted by Mike 2003-11-18 10:37:53 AM|| 2003-11-18 10:37:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Excellent memory, reasonable brain, good endurance, motivated.... hell throw some body armor on these guys and they're good to go.

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-18 12:07:45 PM|| 2003-11-18 12:07:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Elephants have a habit of occasionally going nutty.
They also get drunk. Really, they eat melons with a high sugar content that ferment in their stomachs and produce alcohol. Big problem in Africa, the elephants get high and trample down village huts (and villagers) to get at the melons. Humm, get drunk, get rowdy, tear up the village, they are Special Forces!

Posted by Steve 2003-11-18 12:24:52 PM|| 2003-11-18 12:24:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Steve, I recall reading an interview with a guy who was one of the last "Great White Hunters". He commmented that the most dangerous beast in Africa is a bull elephant with a hangover.

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-11-18 12:56:33 PM|| 2003-11-18 12:56:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Drunk Elephants? So the Hyenas get high on crack and cackle like a banshee? And the border runners are the cheetahs? And the lions the cartel?

Wait, did I just make " The Lion King: Ghetto Style"?

Posted by Charles 2003-11-18 1:11:35 PM|| 2003-11-18 1:11:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Excellent memory, reasonable brain, good endurance, motivated.... hell throw some body armor on these guys and they're good to go.

Been tried. The problem is they tend to lose control once they've been wounded, and end up being more of a danger to your own people.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-18 1:27:42 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-18 1:27:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 RC Yeah when you're hurtin all the primates look alike.

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-18 1:54:32 PM|| 2003-11-18 1:54:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 RC Yeah when you're hurtin all the primates look alike.
That's true for a lot more than just elephants. Have I mentioned I have a chronic pain problem????and Uncle Sam sent me to school to learn all about Espionage, Sabotage, and Subversion? and that I hate politicians, lawyers, and government bureaucrats??? Just wanted to make that clear...

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-18 2:36:53 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-18 2:36:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 OP, meet my buddy Rush...

Posted by john 2003-11-18 8:30:50 PM|| 2003-11-18 8:30:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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