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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 09:51 AM
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Some Troops LIKE Afghanistan!
Edited on Tue Apr-18-06 09:52 AM by elehhhhna
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 09:52 AM
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1. Is that what I think it is?
:smoke:
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:15 AM
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6. Cannabis is a major crop in Afghanistan
the locals can't use alcohol, but even though Hasish is frowned upon, people smoke it. Cannabis seeds are also roasted and salted as a snack.
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:22 AM
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8. Blonde Afghani, dude...
Dynamite shit if you can find it... of course, if you're in Afghanistan... :smoke: :party: :hippie:
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:42 AM
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13. The most kick-ass smoke I ever had was some few, uh,
decades ago - Afghan black hash, blended with opium.

That cost me a few million brain cells, let me tell you.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 04:14 PM
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15. dark brown cakes with white streaks through it and a gold leaf
seal on the top. The afghans were selling it to the Soviet troops. They would sell you an APC to get some.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 09:53 AM
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2. Hmm
Nice that the guy on the left has his BAR pointed at the poor guy on the right.

Hope the safety's on!
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:21 AM
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7. Dang! Ya beat me to it!
Although it's actually an M240 machine gun, aka the FN MAG. That was the one that virtually every NATO country except the US used. SU troops got stuck with the M60 up until a few years ago. Apparently it was well known as the world's worst machine gun--plagued by jamming, breakage, and lousy human engineering (e.g., changing a hot barrel was ridiculously complicated and required wearing an asbestos glove--which of course you'd always have with you and never lose, even in the middle of a big battle).

Only took 40-odd years for someone to progress from "This thing sux" to "We should use the other one". And a few billion dollars. And probably a few thousand lives...
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:26 AM
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9. Oops! Thanks for the correction
The closest I've ever gotten to a BAR was my GI Joe figure "Rock-n-Roll" about 22 years ago.

Still, even I know better than to point one at my buddy!
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:32 AM
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10. It's a good thing there aren't any quail in the area.
:evilgrin:
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TAPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 09:56 AM
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3. Whatever gets you through the day, man!
:smoke: :)
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 09:57 AM
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4. Poppies and weed, poppies and weed, poppies and weed, poppies and weed, po
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:33 AM
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11. I think it's called "quality of life"
:silly: :smoke:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:45 AM
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14. Yep, and if I were over there, I imagine I'd have that
same grin on my face. :smoke: :hippie:
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 09:58 AM
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5. Purple Kush...
A lot of today's popular, award-winning strains have ancestors in those mountains.

And they have great poppy fields too.....:hippie:
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:42 AM
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12. I like the look on Putin's face
Like he's thinking to himself: "Look at that cherno jhopy"
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 04:17 PM
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16. Putin is anything but stupid ... thinking "Why must I talk with him?"
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