Where's GI Joe now that we need them.

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Has anyone ever considered that Al-Qaeda could be the real world equivalent of COBRA? COBRA is the terrorist organization that was the ever-present opponent of GI Joe. If you have no idea what GI Joe is, stop reading now and go ask your children. COBRA had a maniacal leader, seemingly limitless funding, and the desire to take over the world. Of course, they didn’t have the religious/zealot mentality of Al-Qaeda but it was a cartoon after all. So it seems to me, if we really want to get rid of Al-Qaeda, we need GI JOE. No , not the goofy cartoon guys, but a real-world equivalent of what GI
JOE was (or is I guess the toays are still around). A secret government organization made of the “best of the best” from the various Special Forces that had free reign to combat terrorism. Sounds like a good idea to me. I guess it sounds like a good idea to someone else too, since my idea seems to be the plot behind some of the newer Tom Clancy Novels, like Rainbow Six. Rainbow Six is actually made up of the best Special Forces from all over the world, which is more like MegaForce than GI Joe. Hmm I wonder what kind of search results I’m gonna get from this one.

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There's really nothing I can add to this.

You should send this to Dean... Like Dennis Miller, I rant....

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