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Queen's Shilling Irishmen in Afghanistan

category galway | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Saturday July 31, 2010 15:30author by TD - Free Palestine Campaign Report this post to the editors

Baa baa black sheep ... three bags full

Instead of being "cannon fodder for the Russian masses on the German plains," Queen's shilling Irishmen can now engage in imperial conquest in Afghanistan. Happily, they are "not stepping off to Afghanistan with the words of the prime minister ringing in their ears.” Ovinely, “they are going because the guy next to them is going.”
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Hennessy's next recruiting blurb, it is rumoured, is for the US army's death squad in Afghanistan; Task Force 373. “It’s fun to shoot some people ... have a plan to kill everybody you meet " (Gen. James Mattis; Obama's new CentCom war lord).

Related Link: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0731/1224275874706.html

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Question on the Caption     C. Flower    Mon Aug 02, 2010 22:16 
   The Brave Irish.     Soldier.    Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:41 
   Brave Irishmen?Shillings?     opus diablos    Tue Aug 03, 2010 13:18 
   War is Horrible.     Airman.    Tue Aug 03, 2010 13:58 
   indeed     opus diablos    Tue Aug 03, 2010 16:28 
   Beat the Beast.     Airman.    Tue Aug 03, 2010 18:51 
   RE: QUEENS SHILLING OF IRISHMEN IN AFGHANISTAN     queens empire ****    Tue Aug 03, 2010 19:01 
   From Berlin.     Kraut.    Tue Aug 03, 2010 19:08 
   So.........     Fearbolg    Tue Aug 03, 2010 19:22 
 10   Well done the lads!     A Freeman    Tue Aug 03, 2010 19:53 
 11   Hitler at bay, airman?     opus diablos    Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:09 
 12   Imperiakism made Simple     Fearbolg    Wed Aug 04, 2010 16:13 
 13   no harm     opus diablos    Wed Aug 04, 2010 17:00 
 14   forget not the boys of kilmichael     republican    Thu Aug 05, 2010 15:45 
 15   slow down a minit, rep     opus diablos    Thu Aug 05, 2010 16:32 
 16   Irish heroes, not IRA murderers!     A Freeman    Thu Aug 05, 2010 18:55 
 17   whoa up there, freeman     opus diablos    Thu Aug 05, 2010 20:02 
 18   Food in my Mouth.     Soldier.    Fri Aug 06, 2010 23:01 
 19   hunger drives     opus diablos    Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:39 
 20   oh thanks opus     republican    Sat Aug 07, 2010 14:28 
 21   sound, republican...     opus diablos    Sun Aug 08, 2010 00:50 
 22   enemy within     Plato    Sun Aug 08, 2010 13:03 
 23   Sorry, Plato..     opus diablos    Sun Aug 08, 2010 18:13 


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