Anyone for shipping a whole bunch of Toyotas to the mountains of Afghanistan?

[xultar]

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[DJ13]

1. Damn

You really DO hate the Taliban!

[frazzled]

2. Bashing Toyota is getting about as interesting as ....

bashing Apple products. Which goes on here all the time.

I'm keeping my Toyota and my Mac. Sorry, let's find something more interesting, perhaps?

[xultar]

7. Drama much?

[geckosfeet]

3. Lets send some AIG execs and some assorted Wall St. types as well.

[L0oniX]

4. Throw in some SlapChops and Shamwows.

Better yet ...let's make our congress critters and senators parachute into Afghanistan and join their government ...that'll destroy them for sure.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Bit late for that - from Nov 2001:

Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban's supreme leader, co-equal on America's most-wanted list with Osama bin Laden, is partial to Chevrolet Suburbans with darkened windows. Mr. bin Laden, like many of the sheiks and princes of Saudi Arabia among whom he grew up, likes Toyota Land Cruisers, as did his military commander, Muhammad Atef, a former Egyptian policeman who is believed to have been killed by American bombing last week.

There is a hierarchy of vehicles among the more important lieutenants of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, Mr. bin Laden's terrorist organization. Not for them anything discreet and durable, to go with the austerity of their faith: nothing but a Land Cruiser will serve. For ordinary fighters, men with long beards and longer barrels on their ubiquitous Kalashnikovs, the vehicle of choice is the Toyota Hilux, a compact pickup truck popular throughout the developing world.
...
Toyota's unease at being associated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda is evident. In its September statement, the company said, "Toyota does not have a sales or distribution channel in Afghanistan, and we do not export vehicles to that country."

Somewhat less laconic was Wade Hoyt, Toyota's spokesman in New York, who put the best corporate spin on the situation this week. "It is not our proudest product placement," he said. "But it shows that the Taliban are looking for the same qualities as any truck buyer: durability and reliability."

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/automobiles/23CARS.html?pagewanted=all

[xultar]

6. Shit! I thought I was helping Holder by coming up with a good idea.

[arcadian]

8. I love Toyota and will buy another one.

[guitar man]

9. Does Toyota make buses?

I thought it would be a nice gesture, just to show there's no hard feelings, if we had a fundraiser and bought a nice new Toyota bus and gave it to them for the Tea Party Express.

:rofl:

[frylock]

10. ummmmmmmmm..

[xultar]

11. I was thinking newer models. Those don't have issues.

[HopeHoops]

12. Can we drop them out of the back of a C-130 onto those Taliban strongholds?

At least they would be good for something that way.

[dionysus]

13. hells yeah! but in seriousness... don't they all drive those old small toyota pickups there?

you always see them on tv with the big ass machien gun on the back...