Posted on 04/22/2008 6:07:20 AM PDT by llevrok
(video at link)
A US Marine at a roadway checkpoint, bored to tears, talking to a Baghdad-bound Iraqi taxi driver. You have to understand Marine humor in combat, a little on the sick side, but very funny. This lad's sarcasm and cynicism is profound and hilarious. This might be why the Commandant of the Marine Corps tried to have the Marines pulled from Iraq and sent to Afghanistan, because the lance corporals were complaining that they had no one to shoot at. Of course, Secretary Gates turned him down, so now the Marines are passing the word via cab drivers for the insurgents to come out and play.
I had to come back and watch it again. It is a hoot!
Thanks Grammy, sharing this with a few Marine friends now (LOL)
Ha! One of my favorite movies. I bought the DVD for my son a couple of years ago.
I liked the gang in the baseball uniforms with the bats.
(( ping ))
Hey, thanks for the ping. A Hoot
“Wear your safety belt and don’t run with scissors.” LOL!!! That is just amazing!
Hate to be a wet blanket.
Truck bomb kills two Marines near Ramadi – 2 hours ago
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/04/22/upi_newstrack_topnews/8610/
Suicide bomber, at a “police checkpoint”.
Now that is funny. He’s on a timetable. “We’ll be here for another hour....don’t care which direction they come from.....but after that, well, we’ve got to shower, eat chow, etc.”....
Lol.
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