r/comics • A Penny For Your Thoughts • 29d ago

OC Airport Security (OC)

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u/The_Pastmaster 29d ago

Yep. It was on the news every time the Taliban blew up a military convoy in Iraq (and Afghanistan?) during the Iraq War..

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u/bantha121 29d ago

The Taliban wasn't in Iraq, they were in Afghanistan

Iraq was insurgents

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u/gopher1409 29d ago

Iraqi Freedom was against Saddam for the WMDs that weren’t real.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 29d ago

The most certainly did find WMDs in Iraq.

Of course, all of them were stamped "Made in America" and had Reagan's name on the paperwork.

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u/Xerorei 28d ago

Bush Sr's name, not Regan's.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 28d ago

That's what I get for going off memory. I thought the WMDs predated Desert Shield by enough it had to be Reagan for the WMDs sold to put down the Kurds.

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u/Xerorei 28d ago

Ah it's fine, old age gets us in subtle ways.