The Marlboro Man--The Iraq War "Poster Boy"

Originally posted by GradyPhilpott

Originally posted by MaskedAvatar
Is that actually a Marlboro...?

You didn't bother to read the article did you, Masked One. If you had you might have noticed the second paragraph.

But, it didn't stop you from denigrating those who fight for liberty, did it.

Yes, I did. But I did not trust the article.

I believe all that I denigrated was the tobacco industry, and its hold on people who fight for "liberty" and people who argue about fighting for "liberty" in endless bouts of rhetoric.

[edit on 14-11-2004 by MaskedAvatar]

i appoligize ahead of time for peta and its supporters

to emphasise the characteristics of both pics, they were combined into one

i call it... war bunny




sry it popped in my head and couldnt resist (was bored)



DISCLAMER: this pictures doesnt reflect the views of the creator. Nor is it ment to undermind the struggle of our soilders in iraq, my condolences to them. it was all in good fun.




[edit on 14-11-2004 by Franki]

I dont know if this was posted before but his name is James Blake-Miller
Take care James!

Originally posted by Franki
i call it... war bunny

DISCLAMER: this pictures doesnt reflect the views of the creator. it was all in good fun.

OH man I spilled my drink! Thanks m8, we all need a good laugh once in awhile! Cheers!

Originally posted by GradyPhilpott

Originally posted by Thomas Crowne
"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold:
its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life.
If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."
-- Josef Stalin (1879-1953) Communist leader of the USSR

We're forty-nine percent there. Uncle Joe really knew how to ruin a nation didn't he?

Yup. Notice how it was like some doomsday device? Even after the Soviet Empire was destroyed, the poison that was injected into the American culture is still slowly destroying us.
Tag us, bag us, we're through fo' money.

Originally posted by Thomas Crowne
Yup. Notice how it was like some doomsday device? Even after the Soviet Empire was destroyed, the poison that was injected into the American culture is still slowly destroying us.
Tag us, bag us, we're through fo' money.

Can it be that ol' Joe McCarthy was right all along?

Originally posted by edsinger

Originally posted by Franki
i call it... war bunny

DISCLAMER: this pictures doesnt reflect the views of the creator. it was all in good fun.

OH man I spilled my drink! Thanks m8, we all need a good laugh once in awhile! Cheers!

anytime, i do what i can

Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
In my day, Marlboro was the unofficial cigarette of the US Marines, with Kool being the favorite of the Black Marines. It would be interesting to know if that is still true.

What about the marines that didnt smoke? What did they do with the extra cigs in the MREs and Sundries? What was the percentage of Marines that actually smoked? And what was the average number of marines who prefered weed over tobacco?

[edit on 11/16/2004 by Simulacra]

Originally posted by Simulacra
What about the marines that didnt smoke? What did they do with the extra cigs in the MREs and Sundries? What was the percentage of Marines that actually smoked? And what was the average number of marines who prefered weed over tobacco?

In those days, we ate C-Rations, not MREs. LRP rations were brand new at that time and were hard to come by. I don't remember exactly what Marines who didn't smoke did with their cigarettes, but I would assume they gave them to Marines who did. If you didn't smoke you didn't take cigarettes from the Sundries Pack. Most Marines smoked cigarettes, but I never did any research on the exact figures. Substance abuse was not a problem in my units.

[edit on 04/11/16 by GradyPhilpott]

Okay, my daughter has done her handywork on Marlboro Man James...



very good I think...

Originally posted by Valhall
Okay, my daughter has done her handywork on Marlboro Man James...


very good I think...

That is awesome! Thanks

Originally posted by marg6043
Edsinger you are as clueless as all the war happy people in this threads, so keep living in the clouds with them, reality will hit you one of this days and I bet you and your war happy friends will not even face ATS anymore.

Edsinger you sound like an old record.

Marg, it is you that will understand at some point the war that we are fighting. You will wake from your dream utopia and finally address the stakes and you will be glad that this phase of the war happened.



[edit on 16-11-2004 by edsinger]

That's a very impressive rendering of the Marlboro Man. She should send him a copy of it. All the information you need to contact him is in the article.

Anyone knows what happened to this Soldier?

Seems as if he wasnt the poster boy for long...

Originally posted by Simulacra
Anyone knows what happened to this Soldier?

Seems as if he wasnt the poster boy for long...

One, he's a Marine. Two, if you had read the article, you would know that he wasn't interested in "poster boyhood." Even if he was, I doubt he has time to preen his celebrity.

Damn! Tennis anyone?
Grady, I must say this is a good thread. Like tennis, back and forth, back and forth.

Golden Shellback...................King Neptune Rex Royal Warrior

[edit on 14-2-2005 by Goldenshellback]

After reading through this whole thread, I keep focusing on the same thing.

I think during wartime, all soldiers in combat areas should receive free cigarettes. Really, I think our respective countries could that for them.

I'm pretty sure if I was in combat, the last thing I would want to worry about would be running out of smokes. It's a little moment of peace in a world of insanity.

Originally posted by Nerdling
Just another picture in a propaganda war.

you certainly are a friend of hillary.... lord , why let dufus liberals mock our brave men in combat just because they have all the cajones of some pot addled hippie

Could it be that some of those "dufus liberals" are actually serving in Iraq right now?

Originally posted by marinefan

Originally posted by Nerdling
Just another picture in a propaganda war.

you certainly are a friend of hillary.... lord , why let dufus liberals mock our brave men in combat just because they have all the cajones of some pot addled hippie

To answer your question 'why'? Because we don't live an a Mother Russia type state controlled environment, state which I'm sure you hold no fondness for.

Secondly, it appears that any attack on the causes, the reasons behind this was are an attack on those troops who are at present risking their lives for their countries.

Not at all, the majority of arguments I have seen place much concern upon the well being of those very people and an unjustified loss of life for the perosnal gratification of some combined with the financial benefit of others. Such a post might appear to suggest that it's author were of a mind that it is an impossibility to disagree with a war yet still wish the safe return of troops.

Perhaps they lack compassion to understand such a viewpoint.

Jack




[edit on 7/3/05 by JAK]

Originally posted by cargo
Could it be that some of those "dufus liberals" are actually serving in Iraq right now?

Nah, hell if the guys in Iraq read some of the crap from some members on ATS they would be pissed off and despondent and demoralized, if they don't agree with the war and are serving anyway i stll respect them i owe my freedoms and liberty to guys like them, none of us can claim to be half the heroes that they are considering the incredibly difficult conditions they are operating in