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Anyone See This - $100 Bills Dropped in Afghanistan

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  1. Jeff

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    Is this why the defense budget had to go up so much??? :eek:

    <i>US planes rain dollars on Afghanistan
    REUTERS - HAMAN, Pakistan: US aircraft over southern Afghanistan have scattered $100 bills tucked into envelopes bearing a picture of President George W. Bush, witnesses said on Thursday.

    Some of the envelopes were carried by the wind and fluttered to earth over the Pakistan border town of Chaman, sending people scrambling for the cash.
    "C-130 planes dropped white-coloured paper envelopes with a photo of President Bush and two bills of $100 each," said Abdul Hadi, a resident of Chaman on the border with southern Afghanistan.

    "They are actually dropping these over areas across the border but a few were carried away by the wind to this side," Hadi said. "People pushed and fought with each other to get their hands on the envelopes."
    The envelopes bore no message, the witnesses said.

    The US aircraft first dropped the envelopes on Wednesday afternoon and made a second run to drop their paper payloads on Thursday morning.
    Southern Afghanistan used to be a stronghold of the vanquished Taliban government.

    The money was the latest message from the sky sent by US forces hunting fugitive Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden and his main Taliban protector, the group's leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar.

    In recent weeks US aircraft have dropped leaflets over the same area depicting Mullah Omar as a dog, held on a leash by bin Laden.
    Another crude cartoon dropped by US forces showed Taliban leaders as pawns in the hands of bin Laden, playing on a chequered chessboard map of Afghanistan.

    Some of the earlier leaflets carried messages in the Pashto and Dari languages such as, "Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda are terrorists, they should not be given shelter, those providing shelter to them will meet a horrible end."

    The whereabouts of both bin Laden, leader of the shadowy al Qaeda militant network and prime suspect in the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, and Mullah Omar are a mystery.</i>
     
    #1 Jeff, Feb 17, 2002
  2. BrianKagy

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    It's a good way to win friends and influence people. I've used the technique myself in the past. Of course I was dropping my $100 bills at the Yellow Rose...
     
    #2 BrianKagy, Feb 17, 2002
  3. RocketsPimp

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    And my girls Thumper and Strawberry appreciate it.

    :D
     
    #3 RocketsPimp, Feb 17, 2002
  4. HayesStreet

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    lol...

    Did you put them in envelopes with your picture on the front!?!
     
    #4 HayesStreet, Feb 17, 2002
  5. rockHEAD

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    The U.S. should have money drops here in the states too!!
     
    #5 rockHEAD, Feb 17, 2002
  6. haven

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    I've always preferred investing in long-term infrastructure, myself...
     
    #6 haven, Feb 17, 2002
  7. Dr of Dunk

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    Naa... a wad of money would hit somebody in the head and they'd sue the government.
     
    #7 Dr of Dunk, Feb 17, 2002
  8. Johnny Rocket

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    LOL the said thing is that probably would happen.
     
    #8 Johnny Rocket, Feb 17, 2002
  9. TheFreak

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    LOFL.
     
    #9 TheFreak, Feb 17, 2002
  10. haven

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    LOFL?

    Never heard that one before...
     
    #10 haven, Feb 17, 2002
  11. TheFreak

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    An F-bomb always makes any saying better...
     
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  12. Johnny Rocket

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    me neither

    Lying On Floor Laughing maybe?
     
    #12 Johnny Rocket, Feb 17, 2002
  13. Jeff

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    To clarify:

    Laugh Out ****ing Loud
     
    #13 Jeff, Feb 17, 2002
  14. Johnny Rocket

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    oh ok thanks, that makes sense.
     
    #14 Johnny Rocket, Feb 17, 2002
  15. Grizzled

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    I'm not really sure what to say about this. I can't even guess at what the rational for this could have been. This has to be a joke.
     
    #15 Grizzled, Feb 17, 2002
  16. Princess

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    I think it's pretty clear. It's propaganda. They're trying to gain support for the US. I think you're thinking too hard ;)

    It sounds similar to the field Lynus wanted to go into originally-Psychological Operations.

    Hell, I'd support just about anyone if they gave me money! That's why I'm here at U of H!
     
    #16 Princess, Feb 18, 2002
  17. Grizzled

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    Seriously, if an envelope fell out of the sky and you picked it up and found a picture of a foreign leader and $200, are you suddenly going to like the guy? It's kind of an insult to their intelligence I would think. I wonder how many of them even know what Bush looks like.
     
    #17 Grizzled, Feb 18, 2002
  18. Major

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    <B>I think it's pretty clear. It's propaganda. They're trying to gain support for the US. I think you're thinking too hard </B>

    But why? The Afghan people already like us for freeing them from the Taliban oppression. We had some problems <I>during</I> the war in convincing them that we weren't going to take over, but I assume that's resolved now with the local Afghan governing body. It seems like a waste to me at this point... If we're going to drop anything, drop food. $100 bill will go one person. $100 in food can feed a hundred people.
     
    #18 Major, Feb 18, 2002
  19. Princess

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    I was being a little sarcastic with the last remark.

    I honestly don't know how I would feel. It depends on the situation and the mood I happen to be in. I could see myself being poor (as I am currently) and unhappy with my goverment and taking the money and saying "Bush and America might not be so bad." At the same time, I could see myself getting really pissed that some American b*stard thinks he can buy me off. So I guess it could go either way.

    I said it was propaganda. Never said it was good! ;)
     
    #19 Princess, Feb 18, 2002
  20. treeman

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    Actually this is Psy-Ops 101. If you can't win the heart and minds, then buy them...

    It works.

    Major: We're already giving them food. Hell, we were feeding them even when the Taliban was in power. This is called "piling it on just to be sure"...

    The dollars aren't even the important psychological factor here; they're just a gimmick. The goatherder who just recieved 6 months' earnings will look at the picture of Bush and conclude that he is a very good man... Maybe even God?

    do not take that last one literally
     
    #20 treeman, Feb 18, 2002
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