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In Lebanon, the United Nations Deploys Its Ace
The Associated Press reports:
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Thirteen French tanks, the most powerful armor ever deployed by a U.N. peacekeeping force, rolled ashore Tuesday…Quoth John J. Miller: “Don’t you just want to finish that sentence?”
Yes, I do.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Thirteen French tanks, the most powerful armor ever deployed by a U.N. peacekeeping force, rolled ashore Tuesday, but met with quick tragedy as the phalanx was set upon by a gang of disaffected seven year olds armed with frosted cupcakes.The sorbitol and bisulfates in the frosting ruptured the hulls of the thirteen “Leclerc” tanks, prompting their drivers and gunners to evacuate. “I do not know why zis has happened,” Lieutenant Commander Jean-Claude Capretz told the AP. “Zes sings are our strongest tanks, you know? Zeir armor was made to withstand an entire march down Les Champs-Elysees. You know, perhaps an errant baguette or two might hit it, but nothing like zis!” Capretz said.
“Clearly it is time for the Americans to change their foreign policy,” he added.
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