Cooldude wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:12 pm Is 11/9 also amusing?
I think the entire world refers to it as 911. WTF?

Nah, the world refers to it as 9/11.

911 is what you dial on 9/11s to prompt the authorities to take action, if Batman isn't available ^^

Whichever side you're on, you can't deny the ingenuity of this operation.

If you're not a terrorist, you're not likely to use a pager. You use a pager if you have something to hide - ie, yourself. So whilst some innocent people did get caught up in this, (it's impossible to carry out a mission without some innocent casualties) it did largely target those who were a threat (call them terrorists, or whatever you like, I'm not taking sides).

Not only that, instead of setting them to all explode at the same time as soon as they received a code, they were specifically programmed to explode three seconds after receiving the code, thus giving the recipient time to pull the pager out of their pocket and hold it close to their face to read the message before it exploded, which is why so many people lost one or two of their eyes.

You can give it many adjectives, evil, barbaric, war-mongering, whatever you like, but you can't deny the ingenuity and meticulous planning that would have gone into an operation like this. It's the first of its kind in modern warfare.

Chuck Borris wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:30 pm

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:18 pm

hanno wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:33 pm

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:26 pm
we should have nuked Lebanon

Not surprised a statement like that comes from you...... Nuke a whole country, old folks, women, children as retaliation.

Hey thanks. I still watch videos of German cities burning. They've been pretty good and quiet since then. Nothing calms a bunch of national lunatics down better than a good hearty bombing.

Is 11/9 also amusing?

Nope. We should have taken out Iran then just for sport to show them that we could. Guess everyone's going to have to buy their own pager now.

Username Taken wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 5:33 am Phase III - Exploding Goats

How many dicks get blown off......

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:18 pm

hanno wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:33 pm

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:26 pm
we should have nuked Lebanon

Not surprised a statement like that comes from you...... Nuke a whole country, old folks, women, children as retaliation.

H I still watch videos of German cities burning.

Great! I still watch Americans get their arses handed to them in Vietnam. Nothing like a bunch of farmers beating the US (wasn't the last time either).

hanno wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 8:51 am

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:18 pm

hanno wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:33 pm

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:26 pm
we should have nuked Lebanon

Not surprised a statement like that comes from you...... Nuke a whole country, old folks, women, children as retaliation.

H I still watch videos of German cities burning.

Great! I still watch Americans get their arses handed to them in Vietnam. Nothing like a bunch of farmers beating the US (wasn't the last time either).

The difference is our cities weren't burning. Farmers may have beat us, but the Wermacht didnt.