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US Paradrops 50 Tons Of Ammo To Syrian Rebels

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As we noted over the weekend, the US has now thrown in the towel on the ill-fated (and that’s putting it lightly) strategy of training Syrian fighters and sending them into battle only to be captured and killed by other Syrian fighters who the US also trained. 

The Pentagon’s effort to recruit 5,400 properly “vetted” anti-ISIS rebels by the end of the year ended in tears when the entire world laughed until it cried after word got out that only “four or five” of these fighters were actually still around. The rest are apparently either captured, killed, lost in the desert, or fighting for someone else. 

This has cost the US taxpayer somewhere in the neighborhood of $40 million over the last six months.

Because this latest program was such a public embarrassment, the Pentagon had to come up with a new idea to assist Syria’s “freedom fighters” now that they are fleeing under bombardment by the Russian air force only to be cut down by Hezbollah.

The newest plan: helicopter ammo. No, really. The US has now resorted to dropping "tons" of ammo into the middle of nowhere and hoping the “right” people find it. 

No, really. 

Here’s CNN:

U.S. military cargo planes gave 50 tons of ammunition to rebel groups overnight in northern Syria, using an air drop of 112 pallets as the first step in the Obama Administration's urgent effort to find new ways to support those groups.

 

Details of the air mission over Syria were confirmed by a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly because the details have not yet been formally announced.

 

C-17s, accompanied by fighter escort aircraft, dropped small arms ammunition and other items like hand grenades in Hasakah province in northern Syria to a coalition of rebels groups vetted by the US, known as the Syrian Arab Coalition.

And here's a bit more color from GOP mouthpiece Fox News:

The ammunition originally was intended for the U.S. military's "train and equip" mission, the official said. But that program was canceled last week. 

 

"So now we are more focused on the 'E' [equip] part of the T&E [train & equip]," said the official, who described equipping Syrian Arabs as the focus of the new strategy against ISIS. 

 

The Defense Department announced Friday that it was overhauling the mission to aid Syrian rebel fighters. After the program fell far short of its goals for recruiting and training Syrian fighters, the DOD said it would focus instead on providing "equipment packages and weapons to a select group of vetted leaders and their units so that over time they can make a concerted push into territory still controlled by ISIL." 

 

The shift also comes as Russia continues to launch airstrikes in Syria, causing tension with the U.S. amid suspicions Moscow is only trying to prop up Bashar Assad. 

 

Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition, confirmed that coalition forces conducted the airdrop on Sunday. 

 

"The aircraft delivery includes small arms ammunition to resupply counter-ISIL ground forces so that they can continue operations against ISIL. All aircraft exited the drop area safely," he said in a statement. All pallets successfully were recovered by friendly forces, a U.S. official said.

Yes, “friendly forces.”

Just let the hilarity of that sink in.

The US just paradropped 50 tons of ammo on pallets into the most dangerous place on the face of the planet with no way of ensuring that it falls into the "right" hands (it goes without saying that the term "right" is meaningless there). Meanwhile, the Russians are dropping bombs on the same extremists who are set to receive the guns the US is dropping. 

Of course if it does somehow fall into the “wrong” hands, it wouldn’t be the first time (see Mosul and recall the $500 billion worth of weapons Washington “misplaced” in Yemen) and as we said a few days ago, this is at least great news for the military-industrial complex. It means more "terrorist attacks" on U.S. "friends and allies", and perhaps even on U.S. soil - all courtesy of the US government supplying the weapons - are imminent.

 

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Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:06 | 6658971 Sturm und Drang
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How embarrassing.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:08 | 6658972 HenryHall
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Bait. They watch who picks it up and where they take it to.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:10 | 6658989 Newsboy
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Got some MREs in there, maybe some Fanta Orange?

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:11 | 6658993 Big_X
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A gift from the gods!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:12 | 6659007 Timmay
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What caliber the ammo is probably says alot too......

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:13 | 6659019 Latina Lover
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The New Cargo Cult,  ISIS style.  As long as the bullets are longer than their dicks, the ISIS clowns will be happy.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:14 | 6659029 Pairadimes
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I wonder if Valerie calls ISIS with the coordinates of the drop, or if Obama does it himself.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:17 | 6659045 Latina Lover
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Perhaps someone told USSA intelligence that there was a hospital located at those co ordinates, and they needed supplies,LOL>

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:21 | 6659070 SoilMyselfRotten
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Some MIC salespeople just got a nice bonus check

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:24 | 6659089 knukles
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So since the enemy of my enemy is my friend and wed ain't got no friends over there and that makes everybody our enemy, the crowing glory of Ymomma's Foreign Policy is to give all the rag heads all the shit possible so that they all kill each other off with maximum effect and efficiency.

Booyah!

             This is the Stuff of which Nobel Peace Prizes are Made
                                               ASSHOLES
                                    

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:24 | 6659096 Latina Lover
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Just another day in the week for the USSA empire of Chaos.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:35 | 6659159 svayambhu108
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That is a desperate move

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:36 | 6659166 The Pope
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Helicopter money

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:39 | 6659195 pods
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Forgive me if I am mistaken, but don't you usually have to ask a sovereign nation if you can drop arms to resupply factions in said country?

I would love to see everyone getting blown up while scrambling to unpack those crates.

The USA really has lost that "shining beacon on the hill" look.

We are more like that drunken bully in the bar.  Wildly shouting down anyone within earshot about how right we are.

The day is coming when we get dropped. When that happens (lose reserve currency status) it is over.  Remember, $1+ trillion a year in deficit spending.  That goes by by.

pods

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:46 | 6659218 The Juggernaut
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And at the same time, the US gov't is looking to disarm the American Republic.  This proves that you should own a piece.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:57 | 6659291 Baby Bladeface
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Suggested countermeasure: airdrops of ammo/arms on US cities.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:43 | 6659423 two hoots
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Our scatterbrained policies have put dedicated warriors and airmen in difficult and questionable situations.  They have a duty to obey and as professionals have a deep sense of dedication.  Many of you know they have little choice but to execute their missions ( "I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations (meaning: not some wacko order some egotistical type commands but orders in-line with regulations) and the uniform code of military justice").  We are fortunate that most leaders understand this caveat in the oath, not sure the civilian leaders grasp it or even aware (many military are not).    

This airdrop is some decision at much higher levels, possibly a mix of civilian/military where stuff is fussy and not just the military in general. 

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:07 | 6659625 Abitdodgie
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Two Hoots , you make it sound like the people that join the US army are capable of critical thinking , they are order followers , dumb as a rock , thick as pig shit , they would f**k thier own mother if they were told to .

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:15 | 6659651 0b1knob
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I hope they put some Nutella ®™ in those packages with the MREs.

ISIS sure does love that Nutella ™®.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:19 | 6659683 Manthong
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WTF?

s’no big deal..

I always keep ninety or a hundred tons or so of HE in the basement.

..tons of munitions are always falling out the sky here in O’Bama’s back yard in Shy-town.

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:26 | 6659707 TruxtonSpangler
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Wonder if I could hack the GPS coordinates and have them drop some in my back yard?

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:09 | 6659857 Manthong
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Actually, I have a couple of tons more than I need for immediate use, but just text me.. we will get you fixed up as good as our friends at dot gov wiil.

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:13 | 6659889 TruxtonSpangler
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Wonder what USA would say if Russia did this same thing in eastern ukraine?

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:52 | 6660068 Nenad
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Obama will not finish his second term! Banned independent documentary reveals the truth. This will scare millions! Current Events Linked to Ancient Biblical Prophecy!

http://motivationdose.com/is-america-babylon/

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:12 | 6660149 mliu_01
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I wonder how many virgins did they drop.

I am sure it can't be much. There is a virgin shortage crisis in US.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 19:53 | 6660436 Whoa Dammit
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So now we are more focused on the 'E' [equip] part of the T&E [train & equip]," said the offical...

More like" "So now we are more focused on the "R" [Retard] part of the F&R [Full & Retard]"

Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:53 | 6666896 All Risk No Reward
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Who said cargo cultists were crazy?

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 18:09 | 6660404 Sedaeng
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Do you feel like you're doing 'gods' work when you post this shit?

...banned independent documentary...

Is that suppose to lead credence to being some kind of forbidden knowledge? yeah right *eyes rolling*

...will scare millions...

why would anything scare millions?  The cable companies still exist.  They are not scared now with the world falling apart around us. so yeah...

...linked to Ancient Biblical Prophecy!

Yes, because saying "linked to ancient biblical prophecy" will make everyone believe this tripe with-out question.

 

Politics & Religion... two peas in a pod

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 19:24 | 6660659 shovelhead
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It's always "The Biggest Secret IN The World" but they're gonna tell you (only you) all about it.

Hint:

You're gonna die ... someday.

No Shit!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 21:46 | 6661120 Manthong
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Sirs... as G W Bush F-face would not be likely to say because of his family involvement in the skull and bones enterprise..” WTF Over????  Mission was accomplished years ago.. how could you let the mulatto and his Wookie F things up so badly?????”

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:55 | 6660085 PT
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Hmmmm:
"Well, it was all bought and paid for anyways, and since we're not gonna be using it any time soon, we thought, you know ... anyways ... have fun!"

Out of interest, how long would fifty ton "normally" last?
50 people times one ton?
5000 people times 10kg?
???

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:28 | 6660206 svayambhu108
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They did the same in Kobani, the War Guy reported, they left the Kurds to fight without even givin water, and when ISIS were losing they helped the Kurds with weapons that ended up in ISIS hands. See? they are trying to help.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:18 | 6659681 kaa1016
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You just can't make this shit up. This is like deja vu all over again. I'm living in bizzaro world. Who do they think will get these weapons? The "good" rebels. Last time I checked when armed oppostion groups are trying to overthrow the government they are called terrorists. Ukrainian rebels are bad rebels, but Syrian rebels are good rebels, of which some are bad, but are friendly with some of the good rebels. Oh I got it now, no wait, I don't and neither does the government.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:25 | 6659705 SWRichmond
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No, man, they were "vetted".  See?

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:56 | 6660090 PT
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Cargo has big sign painted on it:  "Not for ISIS members!  If you are ISIS then return this package OR ELSE there will be trubble!"

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 18:32 | 6660508 Sokhmate
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Please return in the accompanying shipping box. No postage necessary if mailed from Syria.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:29 | 6659714 Manthong
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oh no.. you get it..

but you are not happy with the realization.

it's a little easier if you don't have kids and accept death.

..that was a joke of a dark kind 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 19:51 | 6660750 Fed Supporter
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"resupply counter-ISIL ground forces so that they can continue operations against ISIL." 

Oh, so we now arming the Russians?  I am confussed, I thought counter-ISIL was Russia.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:27 | 6660205 o r c k
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And the really big question--did they drop off surface to air missiles ??

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:36 | 6660231 svayambhu108
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No, the moderates said that they have enough to fight the ISIS planes.

Also the 4-5 moderates fighting ISIS, reported just a few weeks ago to the congress, said that it is enough supply for the men, i.e. around 10 tones of ammo per person.

Instead they gave the moderates some Dobsonian telescopes, as you can clearly see in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkV88WmfUXs

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:43 | 6660034 TuPhat
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Abit, you are assuming way to much.  I've been in the military.  Some of them don't who their own mother is.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 19:28 | 6660671 shovelhead
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Usually it's grandmamas daughter whats run off wid de crackman.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:53 | 6660080 two hoots
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You are wrong but it's your right to be so.  Our military has many capable leaders and dedicated followers. And, no they would not.

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:19 | 6659684 BarkingCat
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The crucial part about obeying orders is "LEGAL orders"..

Look it up.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:34 | 6659984 Lore
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Is there any clause in there about refusal to take orders from psychopaths?

"Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." - Henry Kissinger

Tue, 10/13/2015 - 06:59 | 6662016 Moe Howard
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Odd because Kissinger was an NCO in WWII.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:56 | 6660087 HowdyDoody
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Eveything the Nazis did was legal within their legal system.

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:27 | 6659711 SWRichmond
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Suggested countermeasure: airdrops of ammo/arms on US cities.

Yeah, anyway, why doesn't someone airdrop me a pallet of hand grenades?  I feel cheated or something.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:36 | 6660254 Countrybunkererd
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Cheated?  It isn't like you or I paid for it or anything!  WTH...oh wait.  Maybe they just used the printing press for those specific arms...oh wait.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:40 | 6659482 two hoots
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We just don't understand the Presidents vision.  Like our money we just have to have full faith in our system.   We need to know our place.  I don't doubt that Washington sees us all a Kardashian/NASCAR/TV sheeple, as even some here do. It is all a "better than" attitude at any level and people should reflect before supporting such remarks.  It's bad enough DC does it (I can smell the tourist, read Reid).  People work, pay their taxes and just want to live their lives thinking the gov will do the right thing, as they mostly do at their jobs.  And if they choose NASCAR/TV it's okay, they earned that right (paying their taxes and want left alone to live), many served.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:12 | 6659874 Paveway IV
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The President? What does he have to do with anything? 

Here's who demanded the dumping of small arms to the soon-to-be defeated 'moderate rebels':

Panel: Budget Uncertainty a Threat To Munitions Business

With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, the demand for small- and medium-caliber munitions has lagged, said Nicholas Perry, executive director of the Munitions Industrial Base Task Force. Perry spoke as part of Monday's State of the Munitions Industrial Base roundtable, hosted by Defense News and sponsored by Chemring North America.

 

Delivered munitions are down 38 percent this year compared with last year for the $4.4 billion munitions industry, Perry said.

 

“The industrial base is in trouble, and most of those are second or third tier suppliers,” he said. “When you look at budget fluctuations, those guys get hit the hardest.”

 

Many of the 200 munitions companies were forced to lay off anywhere between 3 percent to 40 percent of their workforce, resulting in 40,000 total layoffs, he said.

 

Larger, more diverse companies are better equipped to deal with reduced munitions sales, said Juan Navarro, president of Chemring North America, a branch of the UK-based defense contractor.

BTW, Chemring is the company that is making the chemical weapons that the DHS will use on YOU (if you're unfortunate enough to be a U.S. citizen). Be sure to remind your kids that you enabled their oppression, enslavement and control by making the UK's Chemring board and shareholders incredibly wealthy... because they're job creators, for fuck's sakes!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:47 | 6660055 TuPhat
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Are you sure about that? Cause they still can't keep ammo stocked at my local sporting goods store.  We are all getting ready to shoot each other and more ammo is needed.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:58 | 6660093 two hoots
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If the President has nothing to do with it then that is the problem in itself.  He is responsible for everything his agencies do and fail to do.  He is commander of the military and could have everyone tape their MRE's on thier right sleeve if that is what he wants.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:24 | 6660185 ZD1
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The President? What does he have to do with anything?

 


So you think that the lying, race-baiting Marxist Muslim dictator in the White House dindu nuffin?

 

So why the hell does he keep signing Executive Orders with that damn pen and phone of his?

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:46 | 6659226 gimme soma dat
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This morning, a coworker insisted today is "Indigenous People's" day even though we live in Columbus, OH and there's a replica of the Santa Maria anchored over on the river.

 

I'm ready for everything to go bye bye. 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:28 | 6659457 PartofOne
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It is obviously your right to believe what you wish.  I wonder if you would believe something different if Columbus had his way with your family.

http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2015/10/the-horrific-legacy-of-the-...

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/here-are-5-christopher-columbus-quotes-t...

What ever you think of him, Columbus is a figure from the past.  The "Indigenous people's" are still here.  I choose to celebrate the future while acknowledging the sacrifices of the past.

Please find hope, as I have hope in you.  No goodbye's please, just love.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:43 | 6659523 delacroix
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1492 the jews were kicked out of spain and portugal. coincidence?

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:49 | 6659547 pods
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That's not how the damn song goes. That doesn't even rhyme!

pods

Tue, 10/13/2015 - 00:18 | 6661608 SixIsNinE
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++ delacroix - nice Dot Connector there !

++ Partofone - Love Is the Way !

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:48 | 6659543 pods
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I once did a paper on Columbus versus Hitler. Had to show the opposite side of each man.

I have found that if you look deep enough, almost every race and class of people throughout the ages acted much in the same way (raping and pillaging are the norm for those with power).

And history was all about the victors.  Always was and always will be.

So, I tend to not romanticize about figures from the past. As soon as someone goes up on a pedestal, you find more than enough reason to take them down.

I just try to go about my day to day treating others like I would like to be treated.  

pods

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:49 | 6660059 TuPhat
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There will be nothing in your future to celebrate Partof.  You are asleep, just keep sleeping and it will over soon.  No goodbye's, just stay asleep.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 19:32 | 6660688 shovelhead
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Indigenous Peoples Day?

They've been drinking to that all year.

Tue, 10/13/2015 - 00:21 | 6661617 SixIsNinE
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dude, low blow there ... but put the next round on me and bottoms up !

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:49 | 6659234 NoDebt
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So I ask the following question:

5.56 or 7.62?  And if it's 7.62, what length cartridge?  US/NATO 7.62 or 7.62 that fits an AK?

I mean, seriously, you gotta think about this shit with all the US weapons that have been "lost" in the region lately.  I suspect the bulk is still 7.62 X 39 like you would use in an AK-47.

It would be hilarious to watch them open this stuff up... "Hey, this is all the wrong ammo for our guns!"  "Well, just take the grenades and burn the rest."  Tell me THAT doesn't sound like a government program.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:08 | 6659352 gatorengineer
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Im sure its 7.62 x 39 with a smathering of 7.62 x 54 for the Nagants and Drugonovs....

More importantly I sure hope we included some Stingers in there for US airlin, Uhhhh I mean russian jets.

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:33 | 6659474 knukles
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30-30

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:49 | 6659552 pods
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LOL, what's the Arabic word for "brush gun?"

pods

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:28 | 6659713 Bilderberg Member
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Fifty tons??????....Thats gonna leave quite a "CARBON FOOTPRINT"!!....What a complete scam!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 18:03 | 6660379 11b40
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Russia has their equivalent of stingers.  The U.S. better hurry up and do all the helo drops they can before the Syrian and Hezbollah fighters get a load of them.  Chopper and stingers do not mix well together, even if the choppers do have fighter escorts.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:39 | 6659506 daveO
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Don't forget!!! It was a Clinton who outlawed AK sales in the USSA.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:03 | 6659325 Winston Churchill
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$5.8 tn per year deficit on a GAAP basis.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:17 | 6659396 pods
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I didn't count that because those unfunded liabilities can be removed simply by changing the law.  Which they will do when the time comes.

pods

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:46 | 6660304 Anonymous User
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In fact, USA ALWAYS was the drunk bully but had his ass covered until the Internet brought alternative news to the masses, and with that more and more people stoped listening to the propaganda bullhorn.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 20:50 | 6660931 new game
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pods, the only way to end this nutso shit is what you say. buuuuut, chaos will engulf merica when fsa goes bonkers. it be time to retreat to a very safe destination. poured walls 24" thick with shooting port holes for fav heat. Turrets above for masses trying to come and get my tatoes... 

confederate flag flying on my pole.

just sayin...

Tue, 10/13/2015 - 01:26 | 6661757 Ace006
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That's the arrogant part of our approach to the world. Invade the world; invite the world. PCR has it exactly. The nerve of those Russians having their own foreign policy. Who the fuck do they think they are?

Tue, 10/13/2015 - 10:49 | 6662685 All Risk No Reward
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>>The USA really has lost that "shining beacon on the hill" look.<<

Don't you think that is on purpose?  There can't be any "good" in the world (not the Debt-Money Monopolist occuped US was ever really good, just perceived as good) or else the New World Order they are building (read the text under the unfinished pyramid on your USD $1 bill) to usurp the sovereignty of nations wouldn't be as easy to justify.

But if they can make Americans into the new Nazis... well, a world government (run by the same people that currently run the US, but the consumers are too nescient and ignorant to admit it) is needed to protect the world from the war mongering neo-nazis, right?

And they are, in fact, creating a Nazi society of unquestioning functionaries - so the argument actually has merit.

At least until you realize the mass liar, mass thieves, and mass murderers running the US now will also run the world government.

Then it all falls apart.

When the average American is destitute and hungry, the false narrative will start to come apart, hence the police state aimed directly at the people who will resist the most when the oligarchs start robbing them in earnest.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:47 | 6659237 the phantom
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Would love to get a map of where the drops happened.  Was anywhere near the Syrian/Iranian/Hezbollah offensive, or on the northeastern border close to Turkey?  My guess is the latter, too chicken-shit to get too close to the real fighting.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:32 | 6659471 Herd Redirectio...
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I love how ISIS controls the Syria/Israel border, and yet, they are attacking Syria not Israel!  LOL

Kind of a give-away...

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 19:52 | 6660755 conscious being
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Re. Where? Put the province name into GoogleEarth. It is extreme Northeast Syria. Ground held by or near ground held by the Kurds.

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:36 | 6659168 jaap
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Ofcourse they need to have a story when Russians start to find big amounts of US weapons

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:39 | 6659194 Son of Loki
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That's labelled "ammo" but its' really those Lululemon pink yoga pants someone was talking about yesterday. Hey, those isis fellows need to realx too!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:44 | 6659219 Chris Dakota
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John McCain dropping Stinger missiles

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:47 | 6659236 847328_3527
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The crates are full of airplane tickets + cash so Barry can relocate them to America.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:03 | 6659323 Baby Bladeface
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"

"John McCain dropping Stinger missiles"

Lindsey Graham dropping balls on McCain's chin, then prancing both to Kiev for passive pederasty with Lyashko.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:35 | 6659162 The Pope
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Helicopter money

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:45 | 6659220 Four chan
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helicopter helicopters.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:35 | 6660000 claytonmoore50
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The bafoonery never stops!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 18:36 | 6660527 Sokhmate
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Nor does nincompoopery

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:24 | 6659095 Gazooks
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what goes round

 

 

duck, MIC sales mf's

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:38 | 6659184 Lurk Skywatcher
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Not to mention the defence budget...

They had to get rid of the stuff they already had, or next time they couldn't get as much because they didn't use what they ordered last time.

Simple bureaucratic account keeping.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 20:35 | 6660888 bilbert
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Was thinking the same thing my own self, SMR.

 

If this "conflict" had the taxpayers interests in mind - we would save the ordnance for use somewhere else.

 

If these "conflicts" are for the benefit if the MIC, then we would dump it all, and order more.

 

I think the point was made crystal clear.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:20 | 6659072 Stackers
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and more or less confirms the Iraqi "viral video" of them showing US supply drops to ISIS in Iraq as well.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:23 | 6659086 Latina Lover
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As if we didn't already know that the USSA created and supplies ISIS.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:06 | 6659340 Baby Bladeface
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Black parachutes already printed as ISIS flag.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:24 | 6659701 Solomonpal
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The chutes should have been rainbow colors instead of OD green.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 16:15 | 6659902 Max Cynical
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This is nothing short of treason.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:34 | 6659157 ebworthen
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If a Russian Hind helicopter is shot down with U.S. supplied ammo; that could be construed as an act of war, no?

Proxy wars aren't new, but this one has a decidedly different "flavor".

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:18 | 6659057 Overfed
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They can drop a few pallets in my yard. Since they're just givin' shit away.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:40 | 6659073 Latina Lover
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The same bankster owned house slave that is sending free weapons to head choppers, believes that American citizens should be dis armed.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:41 | 6659206 Son of Loki
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It's paradoxical, isn't it. The Second Amendment may be our most important one as the SHTF comes nearer.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:53 | 6659812 ILLILLILLI
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"Here comes a candle to light you to bed. Here comes a chopper to chop off your head...!"

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:40 | 6659203 greenskeeper carl
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No shit. I'll take some too. I don't even need a whole pallet, why be greedy. A couple cases will do just fine.

I do wonder, are all these guys using US issue m-4s and getting dropped pallets of 5.56 on them? Or are they using the standard ME AK-47? If it's the latter, I wonder where they are getting that ammo, because there isn't a whole lot of that shit getting made in western countries. In fact, every single box of it I've ever seen said 'made in Russia' on it. I can't even imagine the irony of us buying ammo from Russia to drop it to 'Syrian rebels'. Please tell me that isn't what's going on

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 18:03 | 6660380 Countrybunkererd
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If it comes from the US Government and it sounds as insane as one could make it, or better yet so stupid a 4 year old would know better than do it that way - I am certain that is exactly what is happening.  The USA is the biggest web of command centers led by the best cheats and liars anywhere on earth that money will ever be able to purchase, but the result is stagnation, rot, and stupidity unlike anything ever seen or ever to be seen again.  Peak FUBAR.

On a MUCH lighter note, the firework show (we all know the best fireworks are Chinese, but I hear that this type has been mastered by Russia, so maybe we get both?) will be incredible.  The entire eastern and western seaboards in massive mushroom clouded flames at the same time, coupled with many cities inland undergoing the same fate.  But very few will see it if it is on a Saturday or Sunday due to football.  The US has been marginalized by Asshat (thanks WB7 for those pictures you posted) and gang.  Back to posting your dinner, someone somewhere really cares about that...apparently.

Where is MY free shit?  I want a crate of that too!  I guess tax PAYERS don't qualify, nor do US citizens, that disclaimer must be long!!! Only Russian Military, China, Iran or those proven to be anti-USA are allowed weapons paid for and delivered by the USA.  Yep, that sounds like our .gov!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:15 | 6659035 Hongcha
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I'll take a pallet of Federal .45 FMJ 230 grain while you're at it, please.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:18 | 6659055 giggler321
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Whatever boosts GDP - I mean someone's gotta save Yellen

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:18 | 6659058 markovchainey
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And some hand grenades!  Drop 'em in my neighborhood!  Our taxes pay for this shit we should get something out of the deal...

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:25 | 6659100 Winston Churchill
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MANPADs and TOWs would round out my Xmas list.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:34 | 6659155 Bunghole
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Palmetto State Armory had .45 Federal ball ammo for $0.28/round this weekend.

Shipping added $22.50 to the order of 500.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:39 | 6659190 Husk-Erzulie
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Dear Barack,

Sorry about all the shit I said about you before, I didn't really mean it, LOL.

Please drop, say, 20 AR's, a few in .308, coupla fifties, ammo for all the above (armor piercing is good) some of those tight semi-auto grenade launchers (you have those?) and I'll take some man pads and tows as well if you have any left from Winstons order.  Thanks Dude, You Rock.

PS I'm ready for Kanye too!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:43 | 6659214 Son of Loki
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Yu have to send your order in to Eric "Fast & Furious" Holder. He's still in charge of domestic gun-running.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:13 | 6659023 Keyser
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This has cost the US taxpayer somewhere in the neighborhood of $40 million over the last six months.

I'm ecstatic that my tax $$$ are being spent this way... 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:45 | 6659221 847328_3527
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Has to be a typo; moar like $400,000,000.

 

But what difference does it make when your spending OPM.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:46 | 6659229 greenskeeper carl
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If they admit to 40 million you know it was probably close to 100

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:12 | 6659008 Latina Lover
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The New Cargo Cult,  ISIS style.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:13 | 6659022 Freddie
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What a corrupt joke Amerika is.  The PentaGram and MIC are just as evil as O, the NeoCons and Neo Libs.  All corrupt.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:13 | 6659025 Oh regional Indian
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+1 LL, Cargo Cult indeed...

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:43 | 6659217 Paveway IV
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"...The aircraft delivery includes small arms ammunition to resupply counter-ISIL ground forces so that they can continue operations against ISIL..."

Is that what we're suppose to be calling the head-chopper mafia this week?

Sorry, CIA. You're evil plan will fail and ISIS will cut your Killis-A'zaz-Aleppo rat lines and steal everything for themselves. Oh, wait - they must already be cut or you wouldn't be air-dropping ammo to your boys. Jesus - THAT was quick. Better roll out the chemical weapons false flag - you suck at conventional warfare when you have rely on common street thugs and psychopaths as an organized armed force. You're al Nusra boys are good for nothing but terrorizing civilians and chopping heads, not for protecting supply lines.

You did a much better job organizing the cocaine cartels in Columbia, but this whole Syrian operation is one colossal fuck-up for the books. Didn't you bastards learn ANYTHING from Viet Nam?

Tue, 10/13/2015 - 02:16 | 6661803 gallistic
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It is not only the noble anti-ISIS "freedom fighters" getting resupplied; the US has been "resupplying" ISIS the whole time. 

No country in the world with an intelligence agency is fooled. The number of incidents is staggering; it has been consistent and deliberate.

The Iraqis have been raging for a long time about this situation and are absolutely livid. 

Here is an example of some recent "resupply missions", from Iran's FARS news-

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940720000502

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:49 | 6659553 nuubee
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The Gods Must Be Crazy

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:13 | 6659650 CWolfRu
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BOOMBOOCHAH!!!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:38 | 6659754 Main_Sequence
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Mandatory CNN News template:

Details of the <insert land, air, or sea> mission over <insert country> were confirmed by a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly because the details have not yet been formally announced.

 

Fucking pathetic.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:47 | 6659783 petolo
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Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:12 | 6658995 Big_X
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Concrete Donkey ftw!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:12 | 6659013 pazmaker
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Thats a lot of Ammo for just 5 guys!!!!!!

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:14 | 6659032 Freddie
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Well if you are a law abiding American - they do not want you to have ammo and guns.

They would rather spend your tax money to drop it for terrorists in the middle of nowhere,  I hope the Syrian Army grbbed all of it.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:28 | 6659114 Winston Churchill
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Just the logical progression from Fast and Furious.

Shut up serfs.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:19 | 6659061 neutron star
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4

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:11 | 6658998 Tom Servo
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are the MANPADs in this drop, or the next one?

 

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:22 | 6659083 ThirdWorldDude
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I believe that issue has been dealt with this past weekend.

Perhaps something like "Guess which ME despotic shithole is going to burn if our satellites detect one single launch of a surface-to-air missile against Russian aircrafts?"

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:55 | 6659279 NotApplicable
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That must account for the smile on Saud's face.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:05 | 6660122 HowdyDoody
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All of them, please.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:03 | 6659324 Anunnaki
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Obama threw in some of his maxipads for good measure

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:19 | 6659002 Latina Lover
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The USSA is not willing to go gently into the night,  watching their ISIS pets get blown to smithereens, along with the fantasy of an ISIS state controlled by the CIA. If this story is true, wait for the Syrian government to launch a UN protest against the USSA's illegal incursion, setting the stage for a show down.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:20 | 6659064 agent default
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The US and NATO will get bitchslapped hard over these stunts and go away whining like the little bitches they are.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:21 | 6659077 Latina Lover
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I doubt it. Like any bad loser, they will double down on their bets.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 15:02 | 6659604 Blankone
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But I thought I read articles in the last week about how the US had conceeded Syria to Russia and how it was all deescalating.

As for as UN protests.  Sure, that has done a lot of good in the past.  Was any of this really legal to start with.  How about Iraq. Libya, Serbia? 

Dream on.  The only thing that matters now is force.  But the report seems to indicate north eastern Syria, not sure how active Russia is in that area.

Tue, 10/13/2015 - 04:12 | 6661890 Ace006
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Still, that asshat Alyinski had a point about using your enemy's rules against him. Officially, we're committed to collective security not individual national discretion.

This talk about our "allies" on the ground in Syria irritates me. Can we, under international law, support "allies" in the field against Spain? Obama seems to think it's fine in Syria.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:11 | 6659005 Oh regional Indian
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Fanta Orange..memories...

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:37 | 6659172 Bunghole
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Took the kids out for Mexican last night.

Fanta Orange was on the list of No Free Refills.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:40 | 6659204 Oh regional Indian
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Wonder why? It costs the same as all the other chemically flavoured sodas?

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:13 | 6659024 WTFRLY
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White House still ignores murder of American reporter Serena Shim who filmed western aid to ISIS 

She was killed one year ago, Oct 19. She filmed ISIS terrorists using UN World Food Program trucks, in Turkey, near Northwest Syria. The answers are out there, keep spreading the truth.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:26 | 6659103 VladLenin
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And pork rinds... yum.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:27 | 6659108 Outlaw_Rambler
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I'll bet there is a shitload of white sneakers among those crates

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:37 | 6659175 Jack Burton
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ISIS likes the Sweet and Sour Chicken. Also Taco flavored Chips.

In Ukraine, Nazi Battlions get lots of "Sloppy Joe Filling". Or so captured Nazis had on them.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 14:28 | 6659453 Latina Lover
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Best part is that most of the Ukie MRE's were expired or rejected by the US Military.  Anything of quality was stolen by the Ukie commanders and re sold on the black market.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 17:07 | 6660134 HowdyDoody
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Given the life expectancy of the average Uke in east Ukraine, supplying expired rations seems highly appropriate.

Mon, 10/12/2015 - 13:37 | 6659181 Sleepless Knight
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I hope its the Pork diner.

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