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Operation: Paul Bunyan

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Juice Box

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Saw a documentry on "Operation: Paul Bunyan" on the History Channel the other day...and thought it was absolutely ridiculous.

-Our forces escrorted some people into N. Korea's De-Militarized zone to trim a poplar tree....
-They got ambushed by N. Korean Forces and 9 soldiers were killed
-To get back at them...the president sends B-52 Bombers and turns the Pacific Fleet around to backup "Operation: Paul Bunyan" in which they were on a quest to cut the tree down...

Is this not a total waste of Tax-Payers money for something totally stupid? Please, if I am wrong and missing something...let me know.
 
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Saw a documentry on "Operation: Paul Bunyan" on the History Channel the other day...and thought it was absolutely ridiculous.

-Our forces escrorted some people into N. Korea's De-Militarized zone to trim a poplar tree....
-They got ambushed by N. Korean Forces and 9 soldiers were killed
-To get back at them...the president sends B-52 Bombers and turns the Pacific Fleet around to backup "Operation: Paul Bunyan" in which they were on a quest to cut the tree down...

Is this not a total waste of Tax-Payers money for something totally stupid? Please, if I am wrong and missing something...let me know.
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As far as Cold War wastes of money goes, this was pretty minimal.
 
9 soldiers getting ambushed and killed in a non-militarized zone is pretty much an act of war. It's called "demilitarized" for a reason. There's not much more N. Korea could have done to indicate that they wanted to go all-out with the U.S.

I'd say the U.S. reaction was an appropriate one.
 
So 9 soldiers were killed, and they retaliate, I hardly think that's a waste. I bet you're more of a waste on tax money than that. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Originally posted by: K1052
You want to see something really useless:

Davy Crockett Nuclear Recoilless Rifle
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USELESS?!?!?! 😕 that is teh aweseome!
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haha I thought the same thing...until I read that the crew operating the thing basiclly had no chance of escaping long-term health problems 😛
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Surely we could automate this beastie given today's level of technology...
 
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