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Plan9 · 12-10-2009, 09:09 PM

Threadjack to GWOT:

The GWOT has nothing to do with religion. Private Joe Snuffy might believe that he's doing the work of White Jesus by crusading to the desert and ripping apart a Toyota minivan with a M249... and Mohammad Muhmammud believes that he's repelling the Great White Devil when he installs half-ass IEDs that tear apart our rolling examples of abysmal tactical thinking (humvees), but honestly... nothing to do with religion. I don't have to dig up that whole 9/11 thing to make the misplaced self-defense point, do I?

Religion is the master status that a lot of nutjobs like to bring up, but it has nothing to do with the GWOT other than stirring the idiot pot.

GWOT could have been focused in the Philippines or North Africa or anywhere. Afghanistan/Pakistan (Vietnam rules all over again) was the current hideout. Iraq was/is a distraction. Hell, GWOT could have been targeted at Canada assuming they could ever actually do anything to piss us off.

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FWIW, the religion line on my ID tags said "INS. SALES." I was deployed for a few days... never once thought of the afterlife.

12-10-2009, 09:09 PM	#16 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Threadjack to GWOT: The GWOT has nothing to do with religion. Private Joe Snuffy might believe that he's doing the work of White Jesus by crusading to the desert and ripping apart a Toyota minivan with a M249... and Mohammad Muhmammud believes that he's repelling the Great White Devil when he installs half-ass IEDs that tear apart our rolling examples of abysmal tactical thinking (humvees), but honestly... nothing to do with religion. I don't have to dig up that whole 9/11 thing to make the misplaced self-defense point, do I? Religion is the master status that a lot of nutjobs like to bring up, but it has nothing to do with the GWOT other than stirring the idiot pot. GWOT could have been focused in the Philippines or North Africa or anywhere. Afghanistan/Pakistan (Vietnam rules all over again) was the current hideout. Iraq was/is a distraction. Hell, GWOT could have been targeted at Canada assuming they could ever actually do anything to piss us off. ... FWIW, the religion line on my ID tags said "INS. SALES." I was deployed for a few days... never once thought of the afterlife. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake." Last edited by Plan9; 12-10-2009 at 09:15 PM..