"Meet our demands, or GI Joe gets it!!"
They're kidding, right? This image looks faker than CBS's TANG memo to me, but some Islamist idiot is clearly hoping it can be used to extort the release of Iraqi prisoners.
Drudge has already noted the similarity between the "soldier's" plastic, stoic expression and the action figure below, but for me the giveaway is the gun. Who the hell is holding it, and how? Is someone gripping it carefully by the butt, without placing their hands on the stock or the trigger? If so, why? Wouldn't that be difficult to do? An M-16 with a C-Mag weighs about 15 pounds. Sorry guys, it looks for all the world like the tiny, plastic rifle from the action figure's accessory pack, held carefully between thumb and forefinger by someone just out of camera range. Nice try though.
But from a distance, does anyone else think the "soldier" looks a bit like Oliver Willis?
(Okay, you have to kind of squint a little.)
UPDATE: Backcountry Conservative has more.
Comments
Morons.
Posted by: Jason B. | February 1, 2005 04:23 PM
Is a life any less precious because it's plastic? Really. How insensitive of you!
Posted by: K | February 1, 2005 06:57 PM