Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Filipino Monkey Almost Triggers WWIII

In case you missed it, the Filipino Monkey may have been responsible for the threats made to U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz on January 6, 2008. These transmissions could have triggered an armed response, a confrontation that could conceivable have spiraled into WWIII.

"...quoted several veteran sailors as speculating the transmission could have come from a radio heckler, widely known among mariners by the ethnically insulting term 'the Filipino Monkey'."
Read the full story at ABC News.
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3 comments:

Doralong said...

I have a long running nightmare that one day some stupid asshole who thinks he's being terribly clever really will finally be the one to trigger Armageddon. If the Shrub doesn't beat him to it that is..

sageweb said...

Doralong cracks me up..that is funny. The Shrub.

Michael said...

And an American monkey starts the War in Iraq! Thanks W!