Oh Great... According To The Opening For 'The Last Word'

[WillyT]

Richard Engle is reporting that used Tear Gas canisters on the streets of Egypt have 'Made In America' on them.

Did I hear that right???

:wtf:

:banghead:

[gateley]

1. Yeah - people mentioned it before. nt

[tabatha]

2. US biggest exports are military items.

I am sure just about every country in the ME gets Tear Gas from the US.

[lob1]

3. Yes. Teargas: our last export.

[DCKit]

16. After landmines. nt

[Lorien]

4. Hey, at least we still make SOMETHING here in America!

:sarcasm: x(

[WillyT]

7. Yeah... Huh ???

:banghead:

:beer:

:smoke:

:shrug:

[elias49]

5. I also heard/read that they were 'expired'.

Sounds almost like planned obsolescence!

[wtmusic]

6. At least they could use fresh tear gas...

the old stuff smells bad.

[immoderate]

14. +

+∞ :rofl:


--imm

[Motown_Johnny]

8. and the only surprise is that we still manufacture anything, then we learned they were old

like, really old....

Expired kinda old


I am guessing they are pre-NAFTA tear gas canisters.

[WillyT]

9. Has Anybody Reported The Expiation Date ???

And does anybody know if it becomes more inert, or more volatile?

:shrug:

[Motown_Johnny]

11. not that I know of

but that doesn't mean much.

[justiceischeap]

10. Proof is in the picture

[WillyT]

12. Wow... MUST SEE !!!

:argh:

:banghead:

:nuke:

[Hannah Bell]

13. duh. the us is the main funder of the egyptian military. over a billion in 2009.

[Ozymanithrax]

15. The U.S. is the largetst exporter of military equipment in the world...

no big surprise.

If demonstrators rocks could be made if factories, we would make and export them.

[neverforget]

17. don't give them any ideas

[Carolina]

18. Yes!

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x297537