Forums → WEPR → Defense Chief praises GI in pink boxers

Okay, this is an interesting story but what do you want to debate about. Is there anything to talk about. I think you are just informing us, no debate. So, in that case, I think this should be LOCKED.

wearing pink boxers that said "I love New York".

Anything you gotta do to save your skin :P

This is definitely "the American way" of dealing with enemy fire HAHAHA!

I wanna see the link to the whole story, come show us this TexanProvo!

the link...

Here's the link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30887233/?GT1=43001

I'll try and post the image, though no promises, it probably won't work:


See if that works. It's an interesting story from the warzone so I decided it was worth posting, not everything has to be a debate you know.

well it's better than sitting on you butt for 30 seconds to put on some pants when you're under fire.

Hahaha pure win. He totally thought about it, I'm telling you it was strategy. It's reverse psychology man. He attracted attention to himself by wearing pink boxers, so when he went out there the enemies were probably saying to each other

"Haha! Look at the American making a fool of himself, don't shoot him, he is entertaining."

Which is what he wanted them to do.

And Glen, just because a topic doesn't have something debatable in it, it doesn't need to be locked.

glencoe is a spammer.. just posting "lock" all over the place..

not degrading the man or his actions, but because he wasnt dressed in his armor, fatigues, etc and was in boxers he gets praise? but the other X amount of troops involved get nothing because they were prepared? it seems kinda messed up..

He's being praised most likely becouse he jumped out of bed and grabbed just what he needed, not wasting time to pull on his uniform and instead ran outside in pink clothing that made him an easy target for enemy gunfire. Pink clothes really stick out in Afghan mountains.

You've gotta give him credit for jumping out in his vest helmet and boxers into a fire fight.

He's being praised most likely becouse he jumped out of bed and grabbed just what he needed, not wasting time to pull on his uniform and instead ran outside in pink clothing that made him an easy target for enemy gunfire. Pink clothes really stick out in Afghan mountains.

all this is, is a dumb PR thing.. not degrading what the guy did but thats all it is

Well, according to the article, at least what I got out of it, he was embarrassed by the photo and was afraid that he would be kicked out of the army for it.

So I doubt it was a PR thing on the part of the soldier.

I think it shows a serious amount of balls on his part, to just jump out there and start defending his post.

All you really need are your rifle, best and helmet. There's no leg protection. Or crotch protection. And it's not like he needed camo...because he was being attacked.

Aww shoot.

Meant "vest" not best.

Darn iPod. >_<