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US troops left behind dick drawings at an abandoned Syrian camp they knew Russian soldiers would take over

https://taskandpurpose.com/russian-base-syria-dick-drawings

Nothing says "hello" from one fighting force to another like a bunch of crude dick drawings.

On Tuesday, Russian reporter Oleg Blokhin posted a video of himself at an abandoned U.S. military outpost in Manbij, Syria alongside Russian military police, a video that presaged the potential arrival of Wagner Group private security contractors known to operate in the war-torn country.

Army Col. Myles Caggins, the chief spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, confirmed to NBC News that U.S. forces has evacuated from Manbij in line with the "deliberate withdrawal from northeast Syria" that President Donald Trump had ordered days earlier.

But while Blokhin's footage from the camp appears to show a U.S. outpost stripped of any sensitive vehicles or equipment, the Russian journalist did stumble onto a different trove of, uh sensitive documents.

Ah yes, dicks and gay jokes, the tried-and-true mark of elite warfighters since Roman soldiers scrawled dongs into Hadrian's Wall at the empire's northernmost border more than 1,800 years ago.

But while some elements aren't surprising that Cyrillic translates directly to "f*****," which, well, how very original some are, most notably the "ur moms favorite jtac" graffiti and this delightful bit of political symbolism.

War, war never changes it just gets dumber and dumber.
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Good fuck Trump and Russia literally leaving because Russia told Trump to do it
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How rude!
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Dicks are funny tho
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Hexenherz posted...

Nothing says "hello" from one fighting force to another like a bunch of crude dick drawings.

How nice of them to leave the Russians pictures of our illustrious President.
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metallica846 posted...

Why not blow it up?

you know how much those bombs cost?
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Why the fuck didnt we destroy the bases we literally left so fast we left shit behind fucking burn them or explode them
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Lordgold666 posted...

Dicks are funny tho

Thats how mens communitate

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CADE FOSTER posted...

Good fuck Trump and Russia literally leaving because Russia told Trump to do it

From CNN 2018, it's funny because:
"Some lawmakers in both parties had called on Trump to seek permission from Congress before launching those attacks [Syrian Missile Strikes]. Many are now saying he should seek a separate authorization if he wants to keep troops in Syria for a long period."

Notice "separate authorization [...] to keep troops in Syria for a long period"

That's because there is no existing "Authorization for Use of Military Force" against Assad. The reason troops were there was because of Obama using the Executive Branch's emergency war powers that allows military operations for 60 days, (+ an additional 30 days) for a maximum of three months worth of foreign intervention against ISIS. That was back in 2013(?), which if you can do math, is way past the allowance set for the President.

And it's hilarious to want the US to keep troops in when Humanitarian rights sites like "Human Rights First" and the ACLU oppose Trump being in Syria in the first place

https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/press-release/current-congressional-war-authorizations-do-not-provide-authority-strike-syria
"Washington, D.C.In response to Speaker of the House Paul Ryans claims that President Trump has authority to strike Syria under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), Human Rights Firsts Rita Siemion issued the following statement:

Before making such bold and dangerous claims, Speaker Ryan should check his facts. There is no credible way to interpret the 2001 or 2002 war authorizations as providing President Trump with the authority to strike Assad, regardless of whether one accepts the claim that those authorizations provide the authority for current operations against ISIS in Syria.

The confusion over whether an authorization passed to respond to the 9/11 attacks could be used to strike a sovereign nation with no connection to those attacks nearly 17 years later demonstrates the dangers of Congress passing overbroad war authorizations. If Congress moves forward with any new authorization, whether against ISIS or Assad, it must include clear limits and an expiration date to avoid such problems in the future.
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https://www.aclu.org/blog/civil-liberties/executive-branch/dont-let-congress-give-trump-blank-check-declare-worldwide-war?redirect=blog/executive-branch/dont-let-congress-give-trump-blank-check-declare-worldwide-war

I mean, dick drawings end up on every military base.
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And when you consider Democrats all calling foul at Trump's involvement in Syria:

https://lofgren.house.gov/media/press-releases/88-bipartisan-members-urge-congressional-authorization-military-action-against

WASHINGTON, DC Today, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), led 88 bipartisan Members of Congress in a letter urging President Trump to consult and receive authorization from Congress prior to ordering the use of U.S. military force in Syria, citing the Presidents responsibility to do so prescribed in the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973.

The members write:

While the Founders wisely gave the Office of the President the authority to act in emergencies, they foresaw the need to ensure public debate and the active engagement of Congress prior to committing U.S. military assets. Engaging our military in Syria when no direct threat to the United States exists and without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers that is clearly delineated in the Constitution.

We stand ready to consider the facts before us and share the burden of decisions made regarding U.S. involvement in the quickly escalating Syrian conflict.

The Washington Compost declaring involvement in Syria illegal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/04/13/attacking-syria-wasnt-legal-a-year-ago-its-still-not/

Etc. etc.

oh now republicans care about what's in the constitution?
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thronedfire2 posted...

oh now republicans care about what's in the constitution?

Poor reading comprehension?
Republicans aren't the ones who got all pissy at Trump for not following the powers outlined in the Constitution (they're the ones who wanted to give Trump unlimited ability to wage war in Syria with no repercussions).

Perhaps (Congressional) democrats shouldn't be calling intervention "illegal", and then cry when troops are withdrawn.

Also this is old, but it's the recording of the communications between the Navy Officers who drew the sky penis a couple years back [foul language warning]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMoK11P4w6Y" data-time="
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i hope they left them uncircumsized
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Lordgold666 posted...

Dicks are funny tho

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Hexenherz posted...

Also this is old, but it's the recording of the communications between the Navy Officers who drew the sky penis a couple years back [foul language warning]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMoK11P4w6Y" data-time="

They released the radio chatter for that? LMAO
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Good. Dick drawings are fun.
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cjs28 posted...

Hexenherz posted...

Also this is old, but it's the recording of the communications between the Navy Officers who drew the sky penis a couple years back [foul language warning]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMoK11P4w6Y" data-time="

They released the radio chatter for that? LMAO

Thats one of the greatest things Ive seen in a while.
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cool
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https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2019/02/28/1800-year-old-roman-penis-carvings- discovered-near-hadrians-wall-some-things-never-change/

had to look up the roman dicks in hadrian wall

holy shit lmfao
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Dick pics are total ownaaaaage! America! Fuck yeah!
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Lol, stupid Russians, have fun with all the dick drawing and all the supply we left when our leader told us to hightail it out of there overnight, at least we're still better than the French, lol.