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JustABozoOnThisBus

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18. Without the news article, "they" wouldn't know.

Reply to chalmers (Original post)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:40 PM

Dec 2015

We could have sneaked into the Persian Gulf with a carrier group, and none would have been the wiser.

Shhhh, we're hunting terrorists.

And, without being forwarned by the news, the Macy's parade could have sneaked through the streets of New York and nobody would have seen it.

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It means the wife Revanchist Dec 2015 #11

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That is quite the Bosch-like image you conjure. I especially liked KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #9

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I'd say idiots not cowards GummyBearz Dec 2015 #5

I don't get what makes it cowardly, either. pintobean Dec 2015 #6

It could be that things have changed in the past few decades, edgineered Dec 2015 #7

Agree. pintobean Dec 2015 #10

I joined in the pre-internet age Revanchist Dec 2015 #13

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When I was in we were going to be deployed. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #12

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It's a discussion board, lighten up tkmorris Dec 2015 #16

I'm just sayin' Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #20

This is HUGH! snooper2 Dec 2015 #17

Without the news article, "they" wouldn't know. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #18

Bazinga! pinboy3niner Dec 2015 #19