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Netherlands Marines captured in Libya

Discussion in 'Syria, Mali, Libya, Middle East & North Africa' started by Muntie McSporrin, Mar 3, 2011.

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  1. Muntie McSporrin

    Muntie McSporrin Clanker

    Muntie McSporrin, Mar 3, 2011
    #1
  2. BONNACON

    BONNACON LE

    Lets hope Libya has better tailors than Iran. Just the thought of those suits "our brave boys" were made to wear makes me shudder. Ho and they will need ipods and someone from fleetlands to fix the Lynx if it hasn't flown for a few hours.
     
    BONNACON, Mar 3, 2011
    #2
  3. Ritch

    Ritch LE

    Don't forget 'girl' too... Although I use that term VERY loosely.
     
    Ritch, Mar 3, 2011
    #3
  4. rockpile

    rockpile LE

    I read the first post and, though tempted, thought that I wouldn't make any comment about suits and ipods for fear of setting dunesomething off on an RN rant. Too late now.
     
    rockpile, Mar 3, 2011
    #4
  5. viceroy

    viceroy LE

    Come to think of it, have not seen cloggie around for a while...
     
    viceroy, Mar 3, 2011
    #5
  6. renamed_user

    renamed_user

    All that long blonde hair will fascinate those little Arab boys, I can imagine them forming an orderly (as they're famous for) queue to get a chance to have a feel.
     
    renamed_user, Mar 3, 2011
    #6
  7. jim30

    jim30 LE

    You see, if we'd had the Ark Royal and her mighty 6 GR9s onboard then this would never have happened. Its clearly an argument in favour of carrier airpower as right now we could be nuking Libya with our mighty planes flown from the sea (on and on ad nauseum...)
     
    jim30, Mar 3, 2011
    #7
  8. sunoficarus

    sunoficarus LE

    Not only that! Helicopters are so much better a way of extracting people than from a runway in the middle of know where using a C-130!!! You can land them right in the heart of the action!

    Just think of all the flexibility we would have had to put penny packets of bods down all along the coast so they could be rounded up too if we'd had a carrier!
     
    sunoficarus, Mar 3, 2011
    #8
  9. Cuddles

    Cuddles LE

    I like the Dutch Marines. They're sound as a..guilder? Euro? Well pretty sound anyway.
     
    Cuddles, Mar 3, 2011
    #9
  10. llech

    llech LE

    No need to thank me!;-)
     
    llech, Mar 3, 2011
    #10
  11. Cuddles

    Cuddles LE

    My word you've made the most of St David's day haven't you? It will be a thick head tomorrow though...
     
    Cuddles, Mar 3, 2011
    #11
  12. RhodieBKK

    RhodieBKK LE

    RhodieBKK, Mar 3, 2011
    #12
  13. Grumblegrunt

    Grumblegrunt LE Book Reviewer

    they probably got the munchies and landed for pizza
     
    Grumblegrunt, Mar 3, 2011
    #13
  14. Taffnp

    Taffnp LE

    On Wednesday, Gadhafi warned the U.S. and other Western powers not to intervene in the chaos enveloping his country. He vowed to turn Libya into "another Vietnam," and said any foreign troops coming into his country "will be entering hell and they will drown in blood."


    Best stick to cruise missiles then and tactical nukes :)
     
    Taffnp, Mar 3, 2011
    #14
  16. roosterboy

    roosterboy Old-Salt

    More likely, they stopped for a smoke and a pancake.
     
    roosterboy, Mar 3, 2011
    #15
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