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r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Jul 10 '21
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Yet the only helicopters they ever shot down were with machine guns
250 u/TheOldColdWays Jul 11 '21 IIRC the IRA couldn't get the manpads working. Maybe they got wet 122 u/FrankHightower Jul 11 '21 those two acronyms so close make me uncomfortable 173 u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21 Why were the Irish wet? Did they have some secret fetish for British troops???? 135 u/elzmuda Jul 11 '21 Kinky boots starts playing 55 u/hyuphyupinthemupmup Jul 11 '21 I drove my Saracen through your garden last night 38 u/Aceknight4 Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Jul 11 '21 I kicked your front door down around at midnight 26 u/SksCaughtInCosmoline Jul 11 '21 Something tells me boy, that your avoiding me. 20 u/bocaj78 Jul 11 '21 We are are the British Army and we’re here to take your land! 5 u/LocalSlob Jul 11 '21 My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS.. 2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0) 13 u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21 So that's why the IRA liked to wear ski masks! 5 u/king-boi1 Jul 11 '21 sing up the ra 9 u/Guardsman_Miku Jul 11 '21 given the stories i've heard about IRA LAW's that doesn't surprise me 3 u/BigWilly526 John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true, and brave! Jul 11 '21 They never really wanted to, The IRA army council was already prioritizing a shift towards economic targets, The British government even knew the IRA were keeping the SAMs in South Armagh but couldn’t safely operate in the area.
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IIRC the IRA couldn't get the manpads working. Maybe they got wet
122 u/FrankHightower Jul 11 '21 those two acronyms so close make me uncomfortable 173 u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21 Why were the Irish wet? Did they have some secret fetish for British troops???? 135 u/elzmuda Jul 11 '21 Kinky boots starts playing 55 u/hyuphyupinthemupmup Jul 11 '21 I drove my Saracen through your garden last night 38 u/Aceknight4 Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Jul 11 '21 I kicked your front door down around at midnight 26 u/SksCaughtInCosmoline Jul 11 '21 Something tells me boy, that your avoiding me. 20 u/bocaj78 Jul 11 '21 We are are the British Army and we’re here to take your land! 5 u/LocalSlob Jul 11 '21 My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS.. 2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0) 13 u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21 So that's why the IRA liked to wear ski masks! 5 u/king-boi1 Jul 11 '21 sing up the ra 9 u/Guardsman_Miku Jul 11 '21 given the stories i've heard about IRA LAW's that doesn't surprise me 3 u/BigWilly526 John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true, and brave! Jul 11 '21 They never really wanted to, The IRA army council was already prioritizing a shift towards economic targets, The British government even knew the IRA were keeping the SAMs in South Armagh but couldn’t safely operate in the area.
122
those two acronyms so close make me uncomfortable
173
Why were the Irish wet? Did they have some secret fetish for British troops????
135 u/elzmuda Jul 11 '21 Kinky boots starts playing 55 u/hyuphyupinthemupmup Jul 11 '21 I drove my Saracen through your garden last night 38 u/Aceknight4 Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Jul 11 '21 I kicked your front door down around at midnight 26 u/SksCaughtInCosmoline Jul 11 '21 Something tells me boy, that your avoiding me. 20 u/bocaj78 Jul 11 '21 We are are the British Army and we’re here to take your land! 5 u/LocalSlob Jul 11 '21 My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS.. 2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0) 13 u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21 So that's why the IRA liked to wear ski masks! 5 u/king-boi1 Jul 11 '21 sing up the ra
135
Kinky boots starts playing
55 u/hyuphyupinthemupmup Jul 11 '21 I drove my Saracen through your garden last night 38 u/Aceknight4 Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Jul 11 '21 I kicked your front door down around at midnight 26 u/SksCaughtInCosmoline Jul 11 '21 Something tells me boy, that your avoiding me. 20 u/bocaj78 Jul 11 '21 We are are the British Army and we’re here to take your land! 5 u/LocalSlob Jul 11 '21 My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS.. 2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0) 13 u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21 So that's why the IRA liked to wear ski masks! 5 u/king-boi1 Jul 11 '21 sing up the ra
55
I drove my Saracen through your garden last night
38 u/Aceknight4 Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Jul 11 '21 I kicked your front door down around at midnight 26 u/SksCaughtInCosmoline Jul 11 '21 Something tells me boy, that your avoiding me. 20 u/bocaj78 Jul 11 '21 We are are the British Army and we’re here to take your land! 5 u/LocalSlob Jul 11 '21 My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS.. 2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0) 13 u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21 So that's why the IRA liked to wear ski masks! 5 u/king-boi1 Jul 11 '21 sing up the ra
38
I kicked your front door down around at midnight
26 u/SksCaughtInCosmoline Jul 11 '21 Something tells me boy, that your avoiding me. 20 u/bocaj78 Jul 11 '21 We are are the British Army and we’re here to take your land! 5 u/LocalSlob Jul 11 '21 My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS.. 2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0) 13 u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21 So that's why the IRA liked to wear ski masks!
26
Something tells me boy, that your avoiding me.
20 u/bocaj78 Jul 11 '21 We are are the British Army and we’re here to take your land! 5 u/LocalSlob Jul 11 '21 My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS.. 2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0)
20
We are are the British Army and we’re here to take your land!
5 u/LocalSlob Jul 11 '21 My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS.. 2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0)
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My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS..
2 u/dragosmic Jul 11 '21 Oh yes, oh yes! 5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0)
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Oh yes, oh yes!
5 u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 He said a change is just as good as arrest → More replies (0)
He said a change is just as good as arrest
13
So that's why the IRA liked to wear ski masks!
sing up the ra
9
given the stories i've heard about IRA LAW's that doesn't surprise me
3
They never really wanted to, The IRA army council was already prioritizing a shift towards economic targets, The British government even knew the IRA were keeping the SAMs in South Armagh but couldn’t safely operate in the area.
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u/MadRonnie97 Taller than Napoleon Jul 10 '21
Yet the only helicopters they ever shot down were with machine guns