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Cats of War
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| May 5, 2011
Posted on 05/07/2011 5:21:15 AM PDT by nuconvert
The Pentagon's top-secret feline special-operations program, revealed.
By Holly Allen and Christopher Beam
The American commando team that killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, reportedly included a dog, sparking furious speculation about the dog's identity and discussion of the role of canines in war. Less publicized—and far more essential to top-secret U.S. military operations—are cats
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TOPICS: Humor; Military/Veterans; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animals; cats; humor; kittyping; military; napl
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:21:19 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:21:41 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert; Slings and Arrows
Now we know where FR gets the Viking Kitties from. They hire from the feline black ops community after they leave the military.
}:-)4
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:26:05 AM PDT
by
Moose4
("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
To: nuconvert
LMHO!
Thank you for posting that.
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:26:16 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: nuconvert
Compared to war dogs...these are just a bunch of pussies :^)
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:26:44 AM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: nuconvert; Slings and Arrows
PING this one over to Slings And Arrows. :)=^..^=
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:27:54 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: Moose4
“Now we know where FR gets the Viking Kitties from. They hire from the feline black ops community after they leave the military.”
Lol
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:31:59 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
Don't forget the home front...
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:32:06 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: nuconvert
Band of Whiskers.... you have got to laugh at that one!
To: momtothree
Lol. Yeah, I like that one
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:35:00 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Moose4
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:36:44 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: nuconvert
Studies show they can survive nine times as long as human soldiers. Yeah, but getting them to follow orders, that's a different matter all together.
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:39:48 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: nuconvert
I’m not buying it. Everyone knows that cats will wander off randomly faster than a second lieutenant with a map and a compass. (but the cat is more likely to come back home at dinner time)
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:43:36 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! Tea Party extremism is a badge of honor.)
To: Pan_Yan
“Yeah, but getting them to follow orders, that’s a different matter all together.”
True. And you’d be weighed down with cat treats
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:44:27 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:51:47 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
The first couple of pictures really started to suck me in. Then I started getting mad and ended up ROFLAO.
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:54:22 AM PDT
by
fuzzybutt
(Democrat Lawyers are the root of all evil.)
To: KarlInOhio
Everyone knows that cats will wander off randomly faster than a second lieutenant with a map and a compass.Whence the expression "herding cats".
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posted on
05/07/2011 5:56:52 AM PDT
by
randita
To: nuconvert
Cats are not to be trusted. They sometimes adopt second or even third families with none being the wiser.
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posted on
05/07/2011 6:06:18 AM PDT
by
equaviator
("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
To: windcliff
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posted on
05/07/2011 8:21:09 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: nuconvert
“Cry kitty litter and let slip the cats of war” - Shakespeare
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posted on
05/07/2011 8:33:35 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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