He’s looking for the packet drawer to confiscate hot sauce aka weapons of ass destruction
Jammers007 on
It’s always in the last place you look
Lanky-Perspective568 on
They were told they had yellow cake
thesegoupto11 on
“Nope, no oil in here”
floggedlog on
With how well known the talibans tactics of hiding among civilians are this shouldn’t be a surprising image.
Plus there were lots of cases of retrieved weapons and plans from seemingly ordinary houses.
and traps, we lost a lot of guys to traps and surprise attacks from cornered members of the taliban
MrThickDick2023 on
They were just looking for explosives, not WMDs.
LateralEntry on
In 2006 they would have been looking for small arms or IED parts used in the insurgency or sectarian militias
Right-Aspect2945 on
Little known fact, Rumsfeld had been tipped off that Saddam was buying bleach and vinegar in bulk at Costco.
AgreeablePie on
Just looks like it was probably a gag taken from the onion circa that time, not a legit caption…
KingGobbamak on
wow such a heckin funny memerino! here, have a Reddit Gold!
Jedi-master-dragon on
They were looking for small arms and explosive devices.
ComesInAnOldBox on
At that point in time, they weren’t looking for WMDs, they were doing a general search for insurgency implications (weapons, documents, explosives, electronic devices, etc.).
Akumaka on
As a veteran, it’s more likely they were looking for illegal firearms or explosives. The citizens are legally allowed to own one firearm per home for home defense. We regularly found a lot of extra munitions and weapons when we had cause to search homes, though rarely were they being stockpiled in a malicious way. Usually they were hand-me-downs from family members or leftovers from the previous wars in the region.
InsideHousing4965 on
That’s just a marine looking for his daily fix of **crayons**.
IOnlyFearOFGod on
Not that it is relevant but- This sub is weird ong, it has multiple personality disorder, one day its Republicans fucking around here, next it is the liberals jumping about, some time ago it was the socialist enjoyers, other day it is the caliphate/Roman/Byzantine/more empires lovers, tomorrow it will be the crusader fanboys, and sometimes its everyone at the same arguing about, i mean it really depends on the subject being discussed. Its really more diverse than i thought, but it is mostly European/American centric- which is understandable.
I forgot to add the world wars people – there are plenty of them too.
HlopchikUkraine on
That is not how looting is done, use your brain. No one would loot a kitchen cabinet before any more valuable things and without a sack to put stolen items.
In case if you wonder how looting is done and how is life around occupying evil, I can tell. My house was in occupation and if russian withdrawal happened a few hours later, there would be a massacre in a village store nearby
talligan on
How many Americans keep a gun in the kitchen cupboard? Probably not unusual, but not commonÂ
Ilickedthecinnabar on
Depends on who is doing the cooking
_bob-cat_ on
>Spam > Excessive posting to farm karma
RJS1865 on
Depends how hot the curry is
ThatTallGuy680 on
as someone who was deployed 3 times. this was a standard thing to look for small arms, explosives or intel
tomeir on
No countries do that, only terror organizations.
IllestAardvark on
To add further context, US troops couldn’t just run in any house after awhile, you had to have verifiable intelligence that the house was used to plan attacks, was used as weapons storage, etc.
In order to search the house, you have to collect all inhabitants and secure them in one spot under guard for everyone’s safety, including the people’s house you’re in. That way they were secured and had unofficial witnesses in case something illegal or morally wrong was done to them. Plus you’re a lot less likely to do something reckless when you’re surrounded by soldiers.
Not saying we were perfect far from it. I had more senior soldiers and NCOs who were in during the Surge, and we definitely skirted due process with this stuff. We also deliberately played psychological warfare during these searches. We’d raid most of these houses in the dead of night. If the man of the house was suspected of being or aiding an insurgent, we’d arrest him in front of his wife and children to immasculate him. Might not sound that bad to us, but their culture is VERY patriarchal and honor-bound. Having dudes run up in your house and make you subservient in front of your family was a horrible shame.
The idea was intimidation. Basically showing Iraqis this was the consequence of aiding insurgents. But we fucked up a lot, and a lot of innocents were caught up in this, which ironically led to creating more insurgents.
AmericanLobsters on
No but these terrorist will hide weapons and explosives under their children’s cribs.
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He’s just looking for there cooking Oil
He’s looking for the packet drawer to confiscate hot sauce aka weapons of ass destruction
It’s always in the last place you look
They were told they had yellow cake
“Nope, no oil in here”
With how well known the talibans tactics of hiding among civilians are this shouldn’t be a surprising image.
Plus there were lots of cases of retrieved weapons and plans from seemingly ordinary houses.
and traps, we lost a lot of guys to traps and surprise attacks from cornered members of the taliban
They were just looking for explosives, not WMDs.
In 2006 they would have been looking for small arms or IED parts used in the insurgency or sectarian militias
Little known fact, Rumsfeld had been tipped off that Saddam was buying bleach and vinegar in bulk at Costco.
Just looks like it was probably a gag taken from the onion circa that time, not a legit caption…
wow such a heckin funny memerino! here, have a Reddit Gold!
They were looking for small arms and explosive devices.
At that point in time, they weren’t looking for WMDs, they were doing a general search for insurgency implications (weapons, documents, explosives, electronic devices, etc.).
As a veteran, it’s more likely they were looking for illegal firearms or explosives. The citizens are legally allowed to own one firearm per home for home defense. We regularly found a lot of extra munitions and weapons when we had cause to search homes, though rarely were they being stockpiled in a malicious way. Usually they were hand-me-downs from family members or leftovers from the previous wars in the region.
That’s just a marine looking for his daily fix of **crayons**.
Not that it is relevant but- This sub is weird ong, it has multiple personality disorder, one day its Republicans fucking around here, next it is the liberals jumping about, some time ago it was the socialist enjoyers, other day it is the caliphate/Roman/Byzantine/more empires lovers, tomorrow it will be the crusader fanboys, and sometimes its everyone at the same arguing about, i mean it really depends on the subject being discussed. Its really more diverse than i thought, but it is mostly European/American centric- which is understandable.
I forgot to add the world wars people – there are plenty of them too.
That is not how looting is done, use your brain. No one would loot a kitchen cabinet before any more valuable things and without a sack to put stolen items.
In case if you wonder how looting is done and how is life around occupying evil, I can tell. My house was in occupation and if russian withdrawal happened a few hours later, there would be a massacre in a village store nearby
How many Americans keep a gun in the kitchen cupboard? Probably not unusual, but not commonÂ
Depends on who is doing the cooking
>Spam > Excessive posting to farm karma
Depends how hot the curry is
as someone who was deployed 3 times. this was a standard thing to look for small arms, explosives or intel
No countries do that, only terror organizations.
To add further context, US troops couldn’t just run in any house after awhile, you had to have verifiable intelligence that the house was used to plan attacks, was used as weapons storage, etc.
In order to search the house, you have to collect all inhabitants and secure them in one spot under guard for everyone’s safety, including the people’s house you’re in. That way they were secured and had unofficial witnesses in case something illegal or morally wrong was done to them. Plus you’re a lot less likely to do something reckless when you’re surrounded by soldiers.
Not saying we were perfect far from it. I had more senior soldiers and NCOs who were in during the Surge, and we definitely skirted due process with this stuff. We also deliberately played psychological warfare during these searches. We’d raid most of these houses in the dead of night. If the man of the house was suspected of being or aiding an insurgent, we’d arrest him in front of his wife and children to immasculate him. Might not sound that bad to us, but their culture is VERY patriarchal and honor-bound. Having dudes run up in your house and make you subservient in front of your family was a horrible shame.
The idea was intimidation. Basically showing Iraqis this was the consequence of aiding insurgents. But we fucked up a lot, and a lot of innocents were caught up in this, which ironically led to creating more insurgents.
No but these terrorist will hide weapons and explosives under their children’s cribs.