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June 27, 2005

Topic: The US Military
American soldiers in Iraq are not allowed to purchase beer or pornography. However, soldiers are young, and frequently purchase things they should not purchase. In an effort to convince soldiers to give up their contraband, the military has erected amnesty boxes where soldier can drop off their contraband without anyone asking any questions.

And in other news . . . The U.S. military plans to expand Iraq's prisons because they are bursting at the seams with new suspected insurgents.

Posted by alohafromtim at 10:33 PM EDT
Updated: June 27, 2005 10:36 PM EDT
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June 28, 2005 - 10:11 AM EDT

Name: Katy

What? No beer? Iraq IS hell.

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June 28, 2005 - 11:38 PM EDT

Name: tim

so, when the grunts drop off their beer in the 'amnesty box', does it go to the brass?

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June 29, 2005 - 10:25 AM EDT

Name: MC Conditionah

No beer?? You mean they only get wine and liquor? What a gyp!

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June 30, 2005 - 12:09 AM EDT

Name: Slo-Mo the Row-Row

Are there surveillance cameras on those boxes?

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June 30, 2005 - 1:30 AM EDT

Name: alpinista

Coors regularly supplied canned beer to the grunts during WWII, and I think Anheuser-Busch did as well (i'd need to research this last half, though i don't doubt it...) and this was before aluminum cans when steel was at a premium for gunships.

seems to me like this war is bad for the US beer economy...and for troop morale. how are we gonna be good imperialists if we don't subjugate the local populace to our lust for alcohol?!!! it has to be at least as high as our lust for oil...hell, beer is only ~ 2.5 times more expensive than gas, and still cheaper than bottled water. that should tell you something about this country - maybe it means we'd rather drive our SUV's drunk than drink water.

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