The Lighter Side of Terrorist Groups..

[LoneWolf23k]

Earlier today, a jihad website in the middle-east posted a picture of a "captured american soldier" that it planned on beheading in 72 hours, demands, yadda yadda..

The Associated Press pick up the ball and run with it.

But apparantly, they ran with it so fast, they missed an important detail..

The terrorists have captured GI Joe.

...When it gets to the point you've got to hold toys hostage, you've lost your terror credibility..

[Frost Wraith]

"A US toy was rescued today ina joint operation between Ninja Turtles and He-Man. Cobra casualties are reported to be hight....."

[Narnian]

The terrorists have captured GI Joe.

Are you sure it wasn't Jihad Joe?

[RHJunior]

.... and NOBODY in the "professional" mainstream press spotted this before they ran with it.


I don't wanna hear NO more crap about how "unreliable" the bloggers are from that particular flying squadron of buttmonkeys.

[RKCoon]

LMFAO!! Ive never even seen that report, but your right, pretty fucking blatant.


Tho, i gotta wonder --- was that a terrorist creation? or a news creation? sure woudlnt be the first time.

[BoKiana]

"Cobra casualties are reported to be hight....."

HEY!!! You've got that wrong! VERY WRONG! No matter how many shots are fired, now matter how many Fang Tanks are blown-ed up, no matter how many super weapons and bunker building are taken down, never has ANY Cobra been killed at the hands of a GI Joe and vice-verca.

Killing terrorist during war...Hmppf, such a thing just isn't done!

(please note that I am an 80's kid, I grew up on GI Joe, so I know them rather well)

[Narnian]

Next we'll see Barbie in a burqa and Ken driving her pink car filled with cherry bombs ...

[Narnian]

(please note that I am an 80's kid, I grew up on GI Joe, so I know them rather well)

I never understood the appeal of GI Joe - way too big! (and after my time).

I preferred the small sets where you could work with hundreds (and more) of army men. And it was great when we combined our sets, including WWII, Civil War, Cowboys and Indians and others to have thousands fighting. Throw in BB guns and fire crackers and you could have a grand war of Japanese/Rebels/Russians fighting Germans/Yankees/Cowboys. And the homemade napalm ...

[Mad Mike]

(please note that I am an 80's kid, I grew up on GI Joe, so I know them rather well)

I never understood the appeal of GI Joe - way too big! (and after my time).

I preferred the small sets where you could work with hundreds (and more) of army men. And it was great when we combined our sets, including WWII, Civil War, Cowboys and Indians and others to have thousands fighting. Throw in BB guns and fire crackers and you could have a grand war of Japanese/Rebels/Russians fighting Germans/Yankees/Cowboys. And the homemade napalm ...

I think Bo was referring to the cartoon series.

[BoKiana]

I think Bo was referring to the cartoon series.

Actually, I was refering to both the Cartoon And the Toyline

The toyline appealed to me because I had no access to BB guns or firecrackers or friends to augment my "Green Army Men" sets. That's why the higher detailed GI Joe toys (the small 3-odd inch tall ones, not the foot tall ones) were my joy. Many a battles were held between GI Joe and numerous "Grunt" Joes (there was a Joe named Grunt, and he wasn't a specialist like the others, so I substituted him for the army) and used my imagination to have a war with casualties out the ying-yang on both sides.

I mean, even at 6 years old, I knew enough that GI Joe Cartoon was WAY too liberal to be real. I mean, an army against an army, and not one soldier is killed...yeah, right.

NOT IN MY WARS!!

[Sharuuk]

I mean, an army against an army, and not one soldier is killed...yeah, right.

'ey Bo.......sorta like those episodes of "The A-Team" where belt-fed M-60's and full auto Mini 14's to say nothing of the various Uzi's and Mac 10's would spray somewhere between 3-4000 rounds in this horrendous 10 minute firefight and generally NOBODY ever got hit let alone killed?

[BoKiana]

'ey Bo.......sorta like those episodes of "The A-Team" where belt-fed M-60's and full auto Mini 14's to say nothing of the various Uzi's and Mac 10's would spray somewhere between 3-4000 rounds in this horrendous 10 minute firefight and generally NOBODY ever got hit let alone killed?

Absolutely. I never watched that show mind you, though I have seen a few episodes here and there. I prefered its 'rival', Knight Rider. I don't care if the plots were hokey, the '83 Trans Am was a cool car. I just wished they played out the full potential of there being an evil twin of both Micheal and KITT. I mean, think of Garth and KARR teaming up!

Still, GI Joe will hold a special place in my heart. There was nothing cooler than the COBRA's blue laser weaponry with their distinct blrap-bap-bap sound, which was different than the Joe's weapons. And I loved how the COBRA vehicles were designed. If only they had mercenaries who could actually fight, then they would have beaten the Joes. *wishful sigh* Oh well, only in my own wars I suppose.

[Archae45]

Earlier today, a jihad website in the middle-east posted a picture of a "captured american soldier" that it planned on beheading in 72 hours, demands, yadda yadda..

The Associated Press pick up the ball and run with it.

But apparantly, they ran with it so fast, they missed an important detail..

The terrorists have captured GI Joe.

...When it gets to the point you've got to hold toys hostage, you've lost your terror credibility..

I saw that and nearly fell over laughing.
I jsut wonder if this is a legitimate terrorist group, or a bunch of guys having some fun with the media.

My money is on the latter.

[Archae45]

.... and NOBODY in the "professional" mainstream press spotted this before they ran with it.


I don't wanna hear NO more crap about how "unreliable" the bloggers are from that particular flying squadron of buttmonkeys.

Hey, even Fox got suckered.

[Archae45]

(please note that I am an 80's kid, I grew up on GI Joe, so I know them rather well)

And knowing is half the battle...

[Archae45]

I think Bo was referring to the cartoon series.

Actually, I was refering to both the Cartoon And the Toyline

The toyline appealed to me because I had no access to BB guns or firecrackers or friends to augment my "Green Army Men" sets. That's why the higher detailed GI Joe toys (the small 3-odd inch tall ones, not the foot tall ones) were my joy.

When I was a kid, I had the foot-tall GI Joes.
(Late 60's and early 70's)

[Archae45]

'ey Bo.......sorta like those episodes of "The A-Team" where belt-fed M-60's and full auto Mini 14's to say nothing of the various Uzi's and Mac 10's would spray somewhere between 3-4000 rounds in this horrendous 10 minute firefight and generally NOBODY ever got hit let alone killed?

Absolutely. I never watched that show mind you, though I have seen a few episodes here and there. I prefered its 'rival', Knight Rider. I don't care if the plots were hokey, the '83 Trans Am was a cool car. I just wished they played out the full potential of there being an evil twin of both Micheal and KITT. I mean, think of Garth and KARR teaming up!

Still, GI Joe will hold a special place in my heart. There was nothing cooler than the COBRA's blue laser weaponry with their distinct blrap-bap-bap sound, which was different than the Joe's weapons. And I loved how the COBRA vehicles were designed. If only they had mercenaries who could actually fight, then they would have beaten the Joes. *wishful sigh* Oh well, only in my own wars I suppose.

Ever see the GI Joe Movie, with "Cobra-La?"
Now that was cool.

(I don't have that movie, but I do have the DVD of "The Transformers Movie.")

[SolidusRaccoon]

"Cobra casualties are reported to be hight....."

HEY!!! You've got that wrong! VERY WRONG! No matter how many shots are fired, now matter how many Fang Tanks are blown-ed up, no matter how many super weapons and bunker building are taken down, never has ANY Cobra been killed at the hands of a GI Joe and vice-verca.

Killing terrorist during war...Hmppf, such a thing just isn't done!

(please note that I am an 80's kid, I grew up on GI Joe, so I know them rather well)

BZZZT wrong-o, in the first GI JOE mini series we did see cobra planes get destroyed without the pilot parachuting to safety. That was quickly changed to always making sure to show them escaping the plane before it blew.

And also the comic series had plenty of deaths on both sides.

[Firemane]

You know, now that you mention it, the fact that G I Joe came out in the 80's is kind of weird, considering how well the theme fits today.

They fought terrorists, although at the time, the "enemy" were the communists. In fact, I think they teamed up with their Russian counterparts on a couple of occasions (The October Guard? It's been too long for me to really remember). Replace Cobra with Al Queda... has anyone else noticed that?

Of course, they brought GI Joe back... although like all of the 80's toys/cartoons that have been revamped, it seems like they completely ruined it... then again, the few episodes of the original GI Joe, Transformers, and what not that I've watched since going off to High School have left me wondering about my own selective memory. I remember the dialogue and animation being *so* much better than they apparently were!

Firemane

[Mwalimu]

Actually, GI Joe originally appeared in the 60s, as a rather unglamarous army soldier action figure. He was discontinued sometime in the 70s. Then in the 80s he was revived, this time in a smaller version, and was more a comic-book hero than in his earlier incarnation.