Bored UCLA Student Joins Libyan Rebels

Sooner or later a bored college student would have to try this.

Bored UCLA Student Joins Libyan Rebels was reported on Wired.com.

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one thing to join the military.... but it's another to just join some random militant group because "it would be a fun thing to do"

It'd probably work better as a community college or voke-tech program anyway. "And when you've completed the course, the AK-47* is yours to keep!"

* Rifle may vary. It probably won't be an actual AK-47 anyway, since those haven't been made since 1956 and the vast majority of the rifles you see identified as such on the news are actually AKMs. Void where prohibited.

Why do I see a Darwin Award in this kid's future?

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Originally Posted by Frosty_Femme I said "ur" which is not a word. It's a sound dumb people make when you ask them to spell out "you are".

Gives me the idea that he wants a military experience without joining the military (after all there's a lot of rules that go along with that).

Though he can probably ignore the War Crimes Tribunal as he's still a US Citizen, I would think.

Jeez, what a moron. At least join a PMC so you get paid.

Wow I guess a fun day of Paintball just doesn't cut it anymore for today's youth.

First thing that popped into my mind was Woody Allens Bananas. Someone slap a fake beard on that kid.

As a follow-up to this story. Seem's the kid's trip is already over. The Libyans did him a favor and banished him.

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Originally Posted by Frosty_Femme I said "ur" which is not a word. It's a sound dumb people make when you ask them to spell out "you are".

Something tells me that they didn't even take him seriously while over there.

Also, I'm back. Woo.

I just noticed that the third guy from the left is totally checkin' Adventure Boy out. Maybe it's just as well they tossed him out. He probably wasn't lookin' for quite that level of cultural outreach.

Thank goodness they sent him home.

A war zone is no place for a summer vacation, even if he's a wanna be soldier. In fact, his lack of training would make him a hazard to even the poorly trained Libyan rebels.

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Reminds me a bit of the following story, which in my opinion is much less frivolous:

Pittsburgh father and son go to Libya to fight for rebels