Tweets of War
Some people are still down on Twitter, but this tweet from the IDF is pretty awesome:
We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 14, 2012
And then the militant wing of Hamas responded with this:
@idfspokesperson Our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are (You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves)
— Alqassam Brigades (@AlqassamBrigade) November 14, 2012
So Israel and Hamas are in a Twitter war (along with the actual war). Anyway, I hope Israel totally annihilates them on both fronts.
But man, isn’t this something war previously missed — to live insult your enemy as you blow them up. Like think of Patton tweeting trash to Rommel as he led an attack. That would have made WWII far less boring. Also, color photography would have helped.
Well, that’s the magic of the internet: We can instantly connect with anyone now, even the enemy we are blowing up.
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November 15th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
The ability to simultaneously kill terrorists and publicly mock them is pretty much the awesomest thing since bacon.
November 15th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Somehow, Patton gloating, “Magnificent bastard, I read your Facebook wall!” doesn’t have the same effect.
http://youtu.be/AJXKVOxqkWM
November 15th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Sorry, but I just don’t see the “blessed hands” having the same reach as an IDF sniper armed with a match-grade Remington Model 700.
November 15th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Has anyone tried to hack this @AlqassamBrigade guys account? Try 12345
November 15th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k
November 15th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
1 2 3 4 I declare a Twitter war!
November 15th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
1) Your “blessed hands” are gonna find it difficult reaching then when your targeting intel is “wherever they are”.
2) “(You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves)” and threw in a buch of Hamas scumbags.
3) I got $5 says this was posted from underground.
November 15th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Settling battles with Dance Wars would also make war history more interesting.
1.2.3.4. I declare a Dance War!
November 15th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Just saw Carolyn’s comment…. Looks like we both thought of almost the same thing after reading this.
November 15th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
OK, Twitter is less stupid than it used to be but using the word “Tweet” still sounds gay!
November 15th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Well, war has been called a lot of things: evil, awful, nasty, frightening, dangerous, etc. …but now, thanks to Twitter, it is also gay.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:15 am
Just more Twit for Tat.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:37 am
That would have made WWII far less boring. Also, color photography would have helped.
I don’t know why they didn’t use it. The movie Wizard of Oz was filmed in color in 1939. A little-known fact is that the entire movie was filmed in color. The scenes set in Kansas were filmed on location in Kansas, which actually exists in black and white (as did Iowa until 1993).
November 16th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Blessed. Is that towel-head for “bloodstained” or “sh!tstained?”
November 16th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Dear Israel:
THIS time do what Yahweh told you to do in the first place. Eliminate them all; men, women, children, and even their livestock. Wipe them and their lines from the face of the earth, and you do not have to worry about them ever again. Their cousins to your east and north still will not love you, but they’ll by Yahweh FEAR you, and maybe leave you alone. If not, then you go through the process again and again, until they learn not to screw with you.
Sincelerly,
The Ogrrre