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'Hillbilly Armor'
Newsweek ^ | Dec. 20 issue | Michael Hirsh, John Barry and Babak Dehghanpisheh

Posted on 12/17/2004 10:43:16 AM PST by presidio9

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But as the death toll climbs to nearly 1,300, some soldiers and defense-industry officials insist that much more could be done. Eighteen months after Bush declared that "major combat operations" in Iraq were over

Liberals will never get over this. He lefties, guess what: The American people know what he was talking about on that Aircraft carrier no matter how hard you try to make him look like a dumbass.

1 posted on 12/17/2004 10:43:16 AM PST by presidio9
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2 posted on 12/17/2004 10:43:34 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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Same old same old...


3 posted on 12/17/2004 10:51:13 AM PST by Edgerunner (Don't pay attention to me, ..I haven't been here long enough to have any credibility...)
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There is nothing new about "hillbilly armor"

4 posted on 12/17/2004 10:54:36 AM PST by ProudVet77 (Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore.)
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To: presidio9; SAMWolf; Darksheare

Wow!


5 posted on 12/17/2004 10:56:10 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Preview. Post. Repeat.)
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To: ProudVet77

I think that guy on the back of that boat is taking a leak!


6 posted on 12/17/2004 10:57:23 AM PST by BobinIL
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Giving more likely...


7 posted on 12/17/2004 10:59:43 AM PST by null and void (I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
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To: Professional Engineer

Looks like some of the cars around here!


8 posted on 12/17/2004 10:59:44 AM PST by Darksheare ("His heart went dead underneath her gaze" - The Book of Foreshadowed Sorrows.)
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To: BobinIL

Nah, he's fishing.


9 posted on 12/17/2004 11:00:49 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: Professional Engineer

Been there, done that. ;-)

10 posted on 12/17/2004 11:01:28 AM PST by SAMWolf (I played poker with tarot cards; got a flush and five people died.)
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To: ProudVet77

Is that a Confederate flag I see?


11 posted on 12/17/2004 11:02:46 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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yup, so un-PC.


12 posted on 12/17/2004 11:04:07 AM PST by ProudVet77 (Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore.)
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I see two flags on that boat ... Is the second one what I think it is?

Yyeeeeehaw!

13 posted on 12/17/2004 11:05:59 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: BobinIL

I think that guy is on the front (bow) of the boat.


14 posted on 12/17/2004 11:06:52 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: Hatteras

That actually is the stern. No sailor would ever take a leak over the bow. These are command boats, they are rather boxey.


15 posted on 12/17/2004 11:09:34 AM PST by ProudVet77 (Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore.)
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"No sailor would ever take a leak over the bow..."

So he's not fishing?

16 posted on 12/17/2004 11:12:06 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: Hatteras

Recycling beer most likely.


17 posted on 12/17/2004 11:16:52 AM PST by ProudVet77 (Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore.)
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To: SAMWolf

Steel Wheels...














18 posted on 12/17/2004 11:28:59 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©® - Dubya... F**K YEAH!!!)
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OK, I'll bite: WTH is that thing???

(Looks like a barge with all sorts of stuff [including something that looks like a B-17 propeller blade] atop it.)

19 posted on 12/17/2004 11:54:11 AM PST by TXnMA (Attention, ACLU: There is no constitutionally protected right to NOT be offended -- Shove It!)
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I thought this was about the Clintons' corsets.


20 posted on 12/17/2004 11:57:51 AM PST by expatpat
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