Don't Bring a Cat to Kill a Terrorist
As if we needed more proof that dogs rule, check out this amazing photograph from the Foreign Policy website. It's from a Special Forces training mission a few months ago. Two brave American warriors jumping out of a helicopter into the Gulf of Mexico.
On the FP website, Rebecca Frankel does a series called "War Dogs" and each one is an amazing testament to why dogs are awesome and why cats are pointless:
Dogs have been fighting alongside U.S. soldiers for more than 100 years, seeing combat in the Civil War and World War I. But their service was informal; only in 1942 were canines officially inducted into the U.S. Army. Today, they're a central part of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan -- as of early 2010 the U.S. Army had 2,800 active-duty dogs deployed (the largest canine contingent in the world). And these numbers will continue to grow as these dogs become an ever-more-vital military asset.
So it should come as no surprise that among the 79 commandos involved in Operation Neptune Spear that resulted in Osama bin Laden's killing, there was one dog -- the elite of the four-legged variety. And though the dog in question remains an enigma -- another mysterious detail of the still-unfolding narrative of that historic mission -- there should be little reason to speculate about why there was a dog involved: Man's best friend is a pretty fearsome warrior.
There was even a rumor going around the internets this week that some Navy Seal dogs have titanium teeth. Which is cool, but apparently untrue.
Still: in the debate of Dog v. Cat, case closed. Dogs are fierce warriors, loyal friends, hard chargers, face lickers, snack lovers, and, clearly, patriots.
They didn't bring a cat to kill Bin Laden.
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Aug '10
Re: Don't Bring a Cat to Kill a Terrorist
One more link about War Kitties that drives yet another nail into the argument of the Distinguished RINO from Hollywood, CA:
http://www.usni.org/news-and-features/cats-and-the-sea-services
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Edited on May 11, 2011 at 9:10am