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Remember all those jokes after 9/11 about the 72 virgins in heaven?
what
After 9/11 the thing about how Al Qaeda taught would-be martyrs that they could expect 72 virgins in heaven got joked about a lot. With the implication that you would have to be stupid to believe that there are 72 virgins waiting for you in heaven.
And yet here we see the exact same thing reduplicated on the US side. Same with the IOF thirst traps.
I'll say it does seem incredibly stupid to go to war to get pussy, but you can't argue with the recruiting results, and there's certainly precedent!
We’re not stupid enough to believe in 72 virgins. Every patriot knows there are 1776 virgins waiting for them in heaven.
American Christians will mock the 72 virgins thing and then pull out their massive poster than explains the end times according the Book of Revelations. Like people flying in the air and part human part locust part lion (IIRC$ creatures stinging people