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Pink boxers = psychological warfare
PostPosted:Fri May 22, 2009 6:45 pm
by Mental
A soldier in Afghanistan got roused to defend the base in a firefight in his skivvies.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... AD98BBME80
Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote:"Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage," Gates said, adding that Boyd may have hit on a new kind of psychological warfare. "I can only wonder about the impact on the Taliban. Just imagine seeing that — a guy in pink boxers and flip-flops has you in his crosshairs."
Oh, my God. The President has a sense of humor, and now the Defense Secretary too? Truly this is a new era.
PostPosted:Fri May 22, 2009 7:39 pm
by Zeus
That is awesome in more ways than one
PostPosted:Fri May 22, 2009 8:24 pm
by SineSwiper
More the reason why Obama kept this guy.
PostPosted:Fri May 22, 2009 10:47 pm
by Mental
PostPosted:Sat May 23, 2009 6:57 am
by Zeus
I love the flip-flops too :-)
PostPosted:Sat May 23, 2009 8:52 am
by SineSwiper
At least he put on what was important: helmet, bulletproof vest, backpack, and gun.
PostPosted:Sat May 23, 2009 8:58 am
by Zeus
SineSwiper wrote:At least he put on what was important: helmet, bulletproof vest, backpack, and gun.
Oh, for sure. I'm not really mocking it. I think soldiers get a huge raw deal and have a ton of respect for them even if I hate their leaders. I'm just finding the humour in the shot.
PostPosted:Sat May 23, 2009 4:25 pm
by Mental
SineSwiper wrote:At least he put on what was important: helmet, bulletproof vest, backpack, and gun.
And pink "I love New York" boxers, an essential part of any soldier's secret equipment!
I'm not making fun either, apparently the dude was actually worried that he was going to get kicked out of the military for being photographed in a firefight without his trousers. Can you believe that?
PostPosted:Sat May 23, 2009 9:03 pm
by Zeus
Replay wrote:SineSwiper wrote:At least he put on what was important: helmet, bulletproof vest, backpack, and gun.
And pink "I love New York" boxers, an essential part of any soldier's secret equipment!
I'm not making fun either, apparently the dude was actually worried that he was going to get kicked out of the military for being photographed in a firefight without his trousers. Can you believe that?
They should praise him for putting his duty ahead of everything else. He obviously didn't care about how silly he looked even with a photographer there. He did what he had to do to get out there and to his post as quickly as humanly possible
PostPosted:Sat May 23, 2009 10:28 pm
by SineSwiper
Well, if the Secretary of Defense makes jokes about it talking about as psychological warfare, that's about as much praise as he could get.
PostPosted:Sun May 24, 2009 9:14 am
by Zeus
SineSwiper wrote:Well, if the Secretary of Defense makes jokes about it talking about as psychological warfare, that's about as much praise as he could get.
Yeah but that don't mean he don't (ooo, double negative :-) get "re-assigned" in a couple of months when the media spotlight is gone
PostPosted:Sun May 24, 2009 9:42 am
by SineSwiper
Nah, I seriously doubt it.
PostPosted:Sun May 24, 2009 12:16 pm
by Mental
I doubt it as well.
Our military is blustering, occasionally arrogant, tight-lipped and full of conservative attitudes, but they are not stupid, nor are they disloyal to their own.
