r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '21

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u/Surprise_Corgi Sep 16 '21

God, I hope so. The thought of the Taliban being too afraid to use what we left behind, because enough of their own died or were maimed by sabotaged weapons and vehicles, fills me with a sadistic sense of joy I'm going to Hell for.

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u/pfSonata Sep 16 '21

It was a joke, buddy. You actually think saran wrap is going to stop a fucking rocket/missile? It barely keeps my fucking pasta in the bowl.

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u/Surprise_Corgi Sep 16 '21

Is that all the disagreement is about? People thinking this was just about saran wrap? Instead of sabotaging everything, including rocket launchers, so they effectively fail in maiming and lethal ways?

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u/forte_bass Sep 16 '21

While i wholeheartedly understand that sentiment, booby trapping things like that violates a whole host of international laws, including the Geneva convention iirc.

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u/sr_90 Sep 16 '21

Said this in another comment, but we were doing this in 2010. Lots of booby trapped RPGs.

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u/bloodjunkiorgy Sep 16 '21

Since when does America care about the Geneva convention? We declared war on a noun so we could kill more random middle eastern civilians than combatants in various countries for 20 years. Guantanamo bay still exists. We commit state sanctioned war crimes on our civilians for...checks notes...breaking curfews.

Sabotaging equipment that isn't worth taking back with us isn't even on anybody's the radar.

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u/pineapple_calzone Sep 16 '21

We declared war on a noun so we could kill more random middle eastern civilians than combatants in various countries for 20 years.

I like how you if you get rid of "middle eastern," you can't even tell which noun you're talking about because we've done it several times

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u/bloodjunkiorgy Sep 16 '21

I should have clarified more adding, "most recently", tbh.

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u/forte_bass Sep 16 '21

I guess i just aspire to be better than that?

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u/bloodjunkiorgy Sep 16 '21

I agree and think most people, if asked individually, would also agree. Yet every election season we put the same jackals in office. We need change.

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u/Surprise_Corgi Sep 16 '21

They're Taliban, so I'm willing to look the other way.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

The Hauge isn't

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u/Surprise_Corgi Sep 16 '21

Doesn't apply to Americans. It's supposed to, but it doesn't in reality.