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I wasn't aware US soldiers in the field


all dress in wife-beaters and bandannas, and generally look like a bunch of bums. These guys the protagonist rides with look like they've been abandoned to the wilderness for years.

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Being Delta force i presume they have relaxed grooming standard.

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I guess if someone know 137 ways to kill you with a toothpick... you let him dress any way he wishes.

It's far from the only film to have "elite ops" dressing as they want to.

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Actually the "trend"for the past few years have turned the special forces guys looking like lumberjacks and hobos so this film was spot on. Contractors are cleaner and wear Polo shirts on missions with their hair styled.

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Actually...There was an big expose' in the press a few years back, about US special forces looking like bearded bums in the field. The brass and the powers that be were not happy about it. I can't say if anything's changed though. Like all sensationalized news these days. It made headlines. Then was soon forgotten, with no follow-up stories.

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I assumed SpecOps wore beards were to be able to blend in easier while deployed in Afghanistan (where every adult male has a beard).

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Half the women too ;)

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Yea theres a stereo type that US elite military are all neck beards.

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Special forces and ops do not have grooming standards. Marines do though. Spec ops guys go in deep recon and missions and look scrubby for a reason. The beards is to help blend in, especially in Muslim culture. Beards represents manhood in the Muslim world. Try asking a villager a question without a beard and he'll tell you to F off.

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Beards represents manhood in the Muslim world. Try asking a villager a question without a beard and he'll tell you to F off.


Yeah, as if you know anything about villagers in the Muslim world. Get real, you dickhead.

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Still stalking me pussy? You must feel special you can talk *beep* anonymously. Give it a rest little man. If you can't do it face to face, don't try here. I would literally *beep* you up in any kind of altercation.

Acting tough until you're beaten half to death or staring down a barrel of a gun, tankitty. I would hurt you so badly, you would crawl your way back up your whore mother's *beep*

http://popularmilitary.com/cool-or-fool-the-history-and-current-state-of-the-tactical-beard/

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Still stalking me pussy? You must feel special you can talk *beep* anonymously. Give it a rest little man. If you can't do it face to face, don't try here. I would literally *beep* you up in any kind of altercation.

Acting tough until you're beaten half to death or staring down a barrel of a gun, tankitty. I would hurt you so badly, you would crawl your way back up your whore mother's *beep*


I'm just so dazzled by your stache of guns and your "fitted clothing," how can I help but not read your posts? They show such intelligence! Oh, and I forgot your black belt (haha), so I'd better be on my guard.

Listen, buttmunch, you can dish it out, but you sure can't take it--not like you'll be taking my fat hog if I ever get a hold of you. Then we'll see who'll be screaming like a pussy!

LOL.

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Still stalking me pussy? You must feel special you can talk *beep* anonymously. Give it a rest little man. If you can't do it face to face, don't try here. I would literally *beep* you up in any kind of altercation.


<plonk>

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This isn't World of Warcraft, nerd. You're a gamer living in your mother's basement, don't pretend that you have any toughness in you. Keep stalking me, it's all you can do with your pathetic little life. Just remember, you would never act this way to anyone in real life. Anonymous internet tough guy alter ego only works when you're punching in letters, little *beep*

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This isn't World of Warcraft, nerd. You're a gamer living in your mother's basement, don't pretend that you have any toughness in you. Keep stalking me, it's all you can do with your pathetic little life. Just remember, you would never act this way to anyone in real life. Anonymous internet tough guy alter ego only works when you're punching in letters, little *beep*


Better watch out. Your petticoat is showing, buttcream.

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Yeah, as if you know anything about villagers in the Muslim world. Get real, you dickhead.


Note that males in islam are supposed to grow a beard by mandate of their religion.

Certain muslims do have a strange variant of machismo culture where yes if you don't have a beard or mustache at the very least you might as well be wearing panties. They certainly perceive you that way.

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I think that might be true in certain areas of the Middle East, but not all.
My husband is Arab/Muslim and while he does wear a beard, he has many Arab/Muslim friends who do not.
Maybe, as you mentioned - it is more prevalent in very rural/village type areas.
Also, huge Muslim populations span Africa/Middle East/Asia and all have very different cultures and customs.

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I gave up on it after getting one look at those guys.

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Everything about this movie was so painful to sit through, the wardrobe was the least of my concerns. I lasted about 30 minutes before I started browsing the web.

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