"A slap in the face"
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Departing Marines from the Kabul airport gave a one-finger salute to the Taliban and ISIS, scrawling obscene messages on the facility’s walls — but were told by commanders to erase the graffiti before they left, according to a report.
The Marines were ordered to destroy equipment the military was leaving behind at Hamid Karzai International Airport as the withdrawal was winding down, the Washington Post reported.
They smashed electronics with sledgehammers, shattered windows and stripped armored vehicles to render them useless to the Taliban.
“F–k ISIS + Taliban” was written on the wall, along with a drawing of a penis.
A Marine told the Washington Post that they were ordered to wash the taunting messages away and clean up the debris before they left the airport.
“My boys had to go … pick up every last piece of … trash for who? The Taliban?” the Marine, who was not identified, told the newspaper.
“It was a slap in the face to us,” the Marine said.
Marine spokesman First Lt. Jack Coppola said the messages were painted over and trash was collected to ensure debris didn’t impact flights, but he didn’t say why the graffiti had to be removed.
The Marines, along with Army soldiers, were among the contingent of troops deployed to the airport to provide security and to help screen Afghans who were trying to flee the return of Taliban rule in the country.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I actually agree with making them get rid of the graffiti. It's not as if pictures of knobs was going to upset or offend the Taliban, the only thing it would achieve would be to make the US marines look unprofessional.
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@doctor-phibes said in "A slap in the face":
only thing it would achieve would be to make the US marines look unprofessional.
Good point. Almost as bad as removing the "W's" from keyboards.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in "A slap in the face":
@doctor-phibes said in "A slap in the face":
only thing it would achieve would be to make the US marines look unprofessional.
Good point. Almost as bad as removing the "W's" from keyboards.
Well, if we're going to start talking about childish behaviour at the end of Presidential terms....
I'm no expert, but...
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@doctor-phibes said in "A slap in the face":
Well, if we're going to start talking about childish behaviour at the end of Presidential terms..
Good point...
Just following precedent, I guess.
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@doctor-phibes said in "A slap in the face":
I actually agree with making them get rid of the graffiti. It's not as if pictures of knobs was going to upset or offend the Taliban, the only thing it would achieve would be to make the US marines look unprofessional.
You need to meet more marines...
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@jolly said in "A slap in the face":
@doctor-phibes said in "A slap in the face":
I actually agree with making them get rid of the graffiti. It's not as if pictures of knobs was going to upset or offend the Taliban, the only thing it would achieve would be to make the US marines look unprofessional.
You need to meet more marines...
I work with an ex-Marine. He thinks he should be running the place. I wonder if that's who drew the big dick on my office door?
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@george-k said in "A slap in the face":
“It was a slap in the face to us,” the Marine said.
Far from a slap in the face, it was done to keep the U.S. Marines from looking like trash, ya dope.
As for destroying equipment, that was done to prevent the Taliban from converting it to bumper cars.
And that's the truth.
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Nah, cutting some ears off of dead Taliban and wearing them as a necklace would be a bit trashy...
