Thursday, May 05, 2011

Nothing but the Dog in Me

There's an ongoing debate about the identity of the lone non-human member of the SEAL team that took out Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on Sunday. The American Belgian Malinois Club is sure that one of their own join the bipedal badasses in executing the mission, while the German Shepard Dog Club of America is equally confident that "the most versatile dog on the planet" participated in the raid.

While either of those noble breeds (confession: before reading this, I had no idea that the Malinois even existed) are qualified for the job, it's really not hard to understand why military leadership chose to go a different route:

18 comments:

TR said...

So Bruce Boudreau will be fired any day now, right?

T.J. said...

That picture is fantastic.

Squeaky said...

Wow, which one of you ticked off Buzz. The man is on fire today.

Dave said...

so will this result in a spike in malinois or german shepard purchases in the us? will osama cause a doggie boom as well as a baby boom?

rob said...

cool:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/04/war_dog?page=full

zman said...

My cats don't do anything like that.

T.J. said...

So, who exactly let the dogs out...

of that plane?

Squeaky said...

This actually scares the hell out of me. Not my beef, damn it. Will not eat another filet wrapped in bacon at Dairy Queen.

http://goo.gl/WBi58

zman said...

Transglutaminase she wanted, my meat glue she got.

TR said...

How is there no NBA on TV tonight? Is David Stern afraid of going head-to-head against Parks & Rec?

rob said...

gary williams and gus johnson out on the same day. coincidence? i think not.

Lumpy said...

TJ what was the abita flavor you recommened from new orleans a few months back?

rob said...

abita bacon

Mark said...

I just noticed the Roy Williams tag on this post. Laughter ensued.

Danimal said...

hi rob. just thought i'd let you know that dan bard's dad paul thinks gtb is the shiznit. a nice man who is going to have a rough go of it tomorrow. and as i was walking into ryder cup lounge, i noticed 2 older couples playing bridge/gin/something in the lobby.... one of the men....Joe Gibbs. a great week for danimal's "BRUSHES WITH FAME"

rob said...

in english, please, danimal?

T.J. said...

abita bacon made me chuckle

I believe the Abita AndyGator was what I liked...

zman said...

Boggiegator?