5 most embarassing war failures in history

[zpatman]

http://www.cracked.com/article_19981_the-5-most-embarrassing-failures-in-history-war.html

I'm sure everybody here knows #4 quite well...and I'm sure there are many other episodes in history that would top this list

 

[dtxz]

I haven't read the SIR for #4 but I'm pretty sure the write-up on that site is a perfect example of someone "not knowing what the fxxk they are talking about."

 

[sickboy]

I always heard it was a Pr exceeding Pa incident.

 

[KBayDog]

From the article:

Presumably, they also had to stick with that boring old profile picture of them using a submarine periscope as a bong.

Why not? Everybody's doing it.

 

[CommodoreMid]

Damn you for posting that link. I've wasted yet another evening of my life reading cracked articles.

 

[Renegade One]

I'm sure there are many other episodes in history that would top this list

Yep...it's a shitty list, and it seems that only 2 of the 5 have any linkage to "war".

 

[BackOrdered]

I may have skimmed through it too fast, but where is France?

 

[armada1651]

I may have skimmed through it too fast, but where is France?

On the western edge of the European continent, but that's not important right now...