What...
...evuh.
Posted on 01/27/2013 1:06:18 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
The image was taken innocently enough: A landing helicopter kicked up a dust storm as French soldiers moved toward Niono, in northern Mali, an area held by al-Qaida-linked militant groups.
The soldiers pulled on their goggles to protect their eyes from the dust. One soldier pulled up a black bandana -- with a white skeleton face printed on it -- over his nose. Behind him, light beamed through tree branches, creating an otherworldly image -- the soldier looked like a skeleton in French military fatigues.
Photographer Issouf Sanogo of the Agence France-Presse news agency and Yann Foreix of Le Parisien were drawn to the soldier, whom they photographed. The bandana is an accessory sold for fans of the violent military game “Call of Duty.” At first glance, the soldier bears eerie resemblance to the character Ghost from the video game.
Two days after the images were published in newspapers and news sites across Europe, French military officials have announced that they aren’t pleased with the image, according to newspaper Liberation in Paris.
(Excerpt) Read more at photoblog.nbcnews.com ...
Puts me in a mind to march down to the French Consulate and organize a spontaneous demonstration.
Actually, its a pretty cool picture. Not surprised in the least that the usual suspects engage in sissified hand wringing over it, however.
Looks like some good low tech psy ops to me.
Warriors have been trying to make themselves appear fearsome since the days of fighting with heavy sticks.
What...
...evuh.
DUH what do you expect from the French
Name one country that always surrender to bigger enemies
France
Funny thing is that plenty of the OWS morons wore the exact same bandana during their protests.
After viewing the photo, the French Army outside Mali decided to surrender to the scary French Army forces in Mali.
My respect for the French went up a notch when one million of them gathered to protest sodomite marriage. America? Silence = consent.
scaring the enemy before you shoot them, a crime against humanity.... lol
Holland of France will apologize for offending muslims....
In Europe we have to apologize to muslims for every incident.
I fart towards mecca I must apologize.
I look at a woman wearing the veil I must apologize.
I wipe my a.ss with pages of the quoran I must aplogize.
I drink alcohol near a mosque.I must apologize.
I eat a bacon sandwich near a muslim in a cafe I must apologize.
There is no end to apologizing to muslim bas,tard in europe.
An AFP/Getty photo is still an AFP/Getty photo even if loaded into photobucket.
Holland of France will apologize for offending muslims....
In Europe we have to apologize to muslims for every incident.
I fart towards mecca I must apologize.
I look at a woman wearing the veil I must apologize.
I wipe my a.ss with pages of the quoran I must aplogize.
I drink alcohol near a mosque.I must apologize.
I eat a bacon sandwich near a muslim in a cafe I must apologize.
There is no end to apologizing to muslim bas,tard in europe.
So, where does one get one of those bandanas?
Big effin’ deal.
Our guys did the same thing in Iraq.
Blackwater personnel in Iraq were doing this in 2005 and on — so you scare the locals — it’s war! Last thing you want to be doing in an Islamic insurgency environment is handing out flowers...geez...the media never gets it or wants to!
Only sissy/morons could possibly believe that the enemies this man is going to face are more afraid of his bandana than what he is holding in his hands -- or his will to use it.
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