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Reply With QuoteGood deal,they need some pretzels to go with their beerOriginally Posted by osage18
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GEN Odierno says F*** You to GEN Order #1!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...=moreheadlinesFor One Night, GIs In Iraq Get A Taste Of Home: Football And Beer
By Ernesto Londono, Washington Post Foreign Service
BAGHDAD, Jan. 8 -- Of all the missives the top U.S. military commander in Iraq has signed, probably none generated more cheer than the one issued this week authorizing all U.S. troops to drink beer.
Two catches: only two per person and only on Super Bowl night.
The waiver, issued Wednesday by Gen. Ray Odierno, marks the first time all American service members in Iraq will be allowed to break the ban on liquor in combat zones without risking being court-martialed.
America doesn't deserve its military
-Emma Sky
Good deal,they need some pretzels to go with their beer
"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories." Thomas Jefferson
Roll out the C-5' Galaxy's and put kegs & pizza's on parachutes. Special delivery!)
Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
Are they having Budweiser, a Belgian beer?
"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
Ha! I was thinking they could purchase it local...and give a big boost to Iraq's struggling beer industry!Are they having Budweiser, a Belgian beer?
Move the troops to Kurdistan and this wouldn't even be an issue. They drink like fish- even the sunnis.
"This aggression will not stand, man!"
Jeff Lebowski
Seconded...I'll never forget when I visited Irbil and ate lunch at a restaurant with my Iraqi counterparts and they had cold beer on tap.Move the troops to Kurdistan and this wouldn't even be an issue. They drink like fish- even the sunnis.
It may have been the only time in my career I came *this close* to violating a general order.
Are they having Budweiser, a Belgian beer?
Nahhhhh San Miguel ,, a Phillipino beer , brewed to a bavarian recipe , slurp hic .
TANKIE.
I have trouble believing what I'm reading.
I'll let you know if this actually happens here at my base camp, because I honestly doubt it, not that I care since I drink beer for the taste and enjoy O'Douls, Coors NA, St. Pauli Girl NA & Bitburger here already.
Yes I actually do enjoy the taste and yes I actually do read the articles. Laugh if you like.
Anyway I have a pass coming up in Qatar in a few months and expected to have lager there anyway unless I'm misinformed.
"If we will not be governed by God then we will be ruled by tyrants" -William Penn
Do they do other things that are "haraam"? Such as eating pork?Move the troops to Kurdistan and this wouldn't even be an issue. They drink like fish- even the sunnis.
Sod that ,, eat bacon butties instead
TANKIE.
Good for the guys. They deserve it.
These folks are some of the more duplicitous I have seen. It is the same in Baghdad. They have their alcohol and "lovers" but impose their "beliefs", which they do not follow, upon those who liberated them. Likewise, the PC crowd says they do not want to offend the Iraqi people but then moved into Saddam's palaces like they were the next king. They should have turned the palaces over to the Iraqis for housing. They were built on the backs of the Iraqi people for the benefit of Saddam.Move the troops to Kurdistan and this wouldn't even be an issue. They drink like fish- even the sunnis.
Were the truth known, this "General Order" is a hold over from the First Gulf War and was instigated by the Saudi government, as a condition of their cooperation. The Saudis also wanted our female "troops" to follow their dress standards and to not drive vehicles.
Besides, how can you have a proper war without a bar and a whorehouse?
Besides, how can you have a proper war without a bar and a whorehouse?
You CANT!
Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
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