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    Is this real?

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...802011747&e=20

    Does this picture look doctored or is it just me? The soldier looks like a GI Joe action figure.
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    The way its positioned it definetly looks like a G.I. Joe, and the gun pointed at its head looks like the gun it would've come in the package with.
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    Vest looks wrong. I think it's a hoax.
    The sun has fallen down
    And the billboards are all leering
    And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles.

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    Take a look at http://www.drudgereport.com/ right now. It IS a GI Joe!

    Beheading? No big deal. I used to take the heads off my GI Joes as well.
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    vest is wrong, and why is he still wearing it? Boots don't look like standard desert combat issue either. too dark. and, as crazy as it sounds, his pants are out of his boots, which is nearly impossible to do unless they are pulled out. And as a soldier, you just don't do that. It's internalized. I say fake.

    didn't see the above post when i made this one
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    I was surfing about looking for a GI Joe that matched. Looks like Drudge or one of his million sources beat me to it. I love that it was on the CNN front page for as long as it was.
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    "Liam Cusack, of the toy manufacturer Dragon Models USA, inc., said the image of the soldier portrayed in the photo bore a striking resemblance to a military action figure made by the company." - CNN
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    This is just too damn funny. The AP found something on the internet and ran with it. More proof that reporters are just idiots.


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