Is liberal outrage culture making it impossible to kill terrorists?
That’s what many Americans are asking after the U.S. Air Force was forced to apologize for a tweet celebrating a successful air mission against terrorists in Afghanistan.
The liberal freakout started Thursday morning when the Air Force’s official Twitter account referenced the “Yanny or Laurel?” Internet meme in reporting on a recent operation.
“The Taliban Forces in Farah city #Afghanistan would much rather have heard #Yanny or #Laurel than the deafening #BRRRT they got courtesy of our #A10,” the Air Force tweeted at 8:44 a.m.
“BRRRT” is a reference to the A-10 Warthog aircraft’s 30mm cannons. That sent liberals into tears.
Military humor is always THE BEST, isn’t it? Nice to take a break from, you know, killing people.
— tenacious b (@MamanUbu) May 17, 2018
love too kill civilians in service of our corporate overlords
— google mobster hierarchies (@kelramediation) May 18, 2018
It also drew questions from the media.
“Do you think it’s appropriate for the Air Force to put out such a lighthearted comment essentially kind of making war a meme in light of the heavy casualties that the Afghans took?,” Thomas Watkins, a reporter for Agence France-Presse, asked Pentagon spokeswoman Dana W. White.
White, who had not seen the tweet, declined to comment.
The Air Force soon deleted it.
“We apologize for the earlier tweet regarding the A-10. It was made in poor taste, and we are addressing it internally. It has since been removed,” the Air Force tweeted at 1:28 p.m.
We apologize for the earlier tweet regarding the A-10. It was made in poor taste and we are addressing it internally. It has since been removed.
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) May 17, 2018
Five civilians and 25 Afghan troops died in the fight, but 300 Taliban fighters were killed, the BBC reports.
Americans were baffled as to why the Air Force apologized.
No dude it was fucking awesome and we appreciate what you folks do defending freedom and sending A-10s after terrorists
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 17, 2018
It was awesome and ????????????????????????. Shame on anyone who said otherwise!
— Colonel Assault Mom (@colonel_potter) May 17, 2018
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