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Part of the $190b war budget??

The US army finally came to the conclusion that armor has proven useless against roadside IED's..the new strategy is to outrun the blast!!!....











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Old 09-27-2007, 05:55 AM
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Interesting.......

It's a 996, so 98% of the people on here won't care.
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Old 09-27-2007, 05:59 AM
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i kinda like it
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ya know, i think my 356 might look good in tiger stripe
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Still ...may need some reactive armor plating on the engine lid.
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i kinda like it

As ashamed as I am to admit it.....I kinda like it too..
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Rumsfeld said "the war would pay for itself".
XXXX billions of US tax dollars later, much of that money is missing, and certain people have toys.

Nope, never woulda guessed
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Who would have thought...another Vietnam.
Every politician in Washington should be replaced.
They won the war and stayed at the party too long.
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Old 09-27-2007, 07:30 AM
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It needs a 50 caliber on top, use the sunroof as the turret (sp?). $190,000,000,000 is unreal, I don't want to get into a political debate, but that's a lot of money for you (the taxpayer) to pay to overthrow a dictator (after what has already been spent)?
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I think it is kinda cool, I have had friends with various vehicles they camo painted, trucks, baja bugs and always liked the flat finish on certain types of cars.
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Is this for real? IF it is, why aren`t they using a US sportscar like a Ford Mustang, at least.
What an insult to the taxpayers...

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Is this for real? IF it is, why aren`t they using a US sportscar like a Ford Mustang, at least.
What an insult to the taxpayers...

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I think they owe it to both the taxpayers, and the soldiers to use the best equipment available
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Is this for real? IF it is, why aren`t they using a US sportscar like a Ford Mustang, at least.
What an insult to the taxpayers...

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I think they owe it to both the taxpayers, and the soldiers to use the best equipment available

Ohhhh, low blow !!.. hahaha..
BTW,Since when has a Mustang been considered a "sportscar"???
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what is the purpose of the last landscape photo?
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I'm guessing a lot of that money goes to these guys: http://www.blackwaterusa.com
at $500/day per merc, that's a lot of money.

And what's with protecting US personnel with mercenaries in a war zone? Isn't that the Army's job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7000645.stm
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what is the purpose of the last landscape photo?
Aha..!! to the untrained eye, it looks like an ordinary photo when, in actuality, there is a Porsche carefully hidden in there.

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