Sarcastiholic

U.S. Military Now Working On The Holy Hand Grenade

I just came across this rather interesting article about how a major supplier for the United States military is inscribing references to passages from the New Testament on their rifle sights.

Yahoo! News: Michigan Defense Contractor Has God In Its Sights

Apparently a lot of scopes that are being outfitted to Iraq and Afghanistan contain these references at the end of the stock numbers.

And while this could be determined as an infraction of the separation of church and state as mandated by the United States Constitution, I guess it was only a matter of time before something like this came to light. For years, members of the armed forces would write their own messages on bombs that were being sent against the country’s enemies. It appears that the manufacturers are merely following suit.

I wonder if the British use a similar system for their munitions but with Shakespeare…

Think of the fun they could have:

“A hit, a very palpable hit” – Hamlet

“I must be cruel, only to be kind” – Hamlet

“Cowards die many times…” – Julius Ceasar

“Cry “Havoc” and let slip the dogs of war” – Julius Ceasar

Jolly good, show.

Tags: Afghanistan, Iraq, The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, U.S. Military

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