Posted on 02/01/2005 5:21:21 PM PST by Kaslin
Just hours after Islamic militants in Iraq threatened to behead a kidnapped U.S. soldier doll, the camouflaged action figure was rescued in a daring nighttime operation by a toy George W. Bush action figure.
The nine-inch-tall replica of the president left Andrews Air Force Base in a scale model of Air Force One within minutes after the Pentagon learned of the kidnapping from a picture on an Islamic website.
The top-secret flight was reminiscent of the life-size president's Thanksgiving visit to Baghdad in 2003. During the long trip, the presidential doll was programmed to say intimidating things in Arabic, and reportedly spent several hours practicing his kung-fu grip.
Even as the mission was secretly under way, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-MA, went before the Senate to call for the immediate withdrawal of 12,000 military action figures from Iraq.
Upon hearing of the Bush doll's successful mission, Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, warned against "overhyping" the significance of the apparently heroic deed.
I just thought it was some sort of web reversal lol!
A Jesse Jackson bobblehead? How disturbing is that?
Just keep Kennedy away from Barbie's Corvette.
Is there a Dean doll (NOT an action figure) yet? Hatred-powered Howard needs one.
Pull the string and it could say things like "Yaa-haw," "we're going to California, and Wisconsin and . . ." and the latest (he really said this last weekend) "I hate Republicans and everything they stand for."
Ya gotta love it. An anatomically correct Bill Clinton doll (bends to the left, I assume), and a "my knees bend" intern doll. Priceless.
Oh no!!! Two more kidnappings in Iraq!!! Do these terrorists have no decency whatsoever?
BillF.....You are too good!!
A Deaniac doll is a great idea. It could even say nasty things about Hillary! I might have to buy one! I believe if she runs I will have the most active campaign I have ever participated in...and there have been many.
We had such a great time around here last night following the story...of course, here on FR only.
ROFL!
delayed pingeroo
Last week I was half expecting Danno Rather to get on this "doll/action figure" story:
Dan, "The doll may be fake, but the story is essentially true."
;-)
"...as for the 'action figure' aspect of this amazing story, the figure might be fake, but the action is, I assure you, very real."
..... it figures.
;-)
LOL!
BUMP.
Time for another hostage rescue!!!
ping for good laughs
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