# Bush Signs Alliance With Aliens! Cylon Empire To Occupy Iraq. News link & photos! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216 "2004-12-05T14:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/1 "2004-12-05T14:58:45Z")
The US Army is fielding its first armed battle robots for frontline use. [http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65885,00.html](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65885,00.html) Image #1 [http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/2002091466/www.wired.com/news/images/full/talon\_asc\_f.jpg](http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/2002091466/www.wired.com/news/images/full/talon_asc_f.jpg) Image #2–didn’t GI Joe used to have these? [http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/2002091466/www.wired.com/news/images/full/talon\_fm\_f.jpg](http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/2002091466/www.wired.com/news/images/full/talon_fm_f.jpg) What’s next, Vogons? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/2 "2004-12-05T16:27:57Z")
I for one welcome our new robot overlords, with their 1920’s style deathrays. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/3 "2004-12-05T16:53:23Z")
So… when is SkyNet coming online ? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/4 "2004-12-05T22:41:19Z")
[Is THIS the next model?](http://www.webthunder.com/photo-robot.jpg) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/5 "2004-12-06T00:03:22Z")
Something’s wrong here… it’s the GOOD guys who are supposed to be heroically resisting the robot army invasion. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/6 "2004-12-06T01:20:01Z")
I’m for it. Might save a few lives on both sides if used properly. It could be used to clear out pockets of enemy resistance without putting troops “on point” as it were, and it could allow our troops to deal a little more judiciously with situations where terrorists are concealed among civilians. At least, that’s my hope. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/7 "2004-12-06T01:23:36Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I’m for it. Might save a few lives on both sides if used properly. It could be used to clear out pockets of enemy resistance without putting troops “on point” as it were, and it could allow our troops to deal a little more judiciously with situations where terrorists are concealed among civilians. At least, that’s my hope. Or it could persuade the Iraqis that we lack resolve, & are weakening. Different culture, man. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/8 "2004-12-06T02:41:38Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > [Is THIS the next model?](http://www.webthunder.com/photo-robot.jpg) > > 😉 I was thinking more along the lines of [this](http://www.johnny-five.com/). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/9 "2004-12-06T06:16:24Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Or it could persuade the Iraqis that we lack resolve, & are weakening. > > Different culture, man. It’s a sad, sad world where unleashing an [unstoppable](http://www.eterminator.com/t1_series.htm) [robot](http://www.eterminator.com/t70_series.htm) [army](http://www.eterminator.com/t800_series.htm) loses all it’s magic. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/10 "2004-12-06T06:21:10Z")
Crap…forgot to type “and wonderment” to that last sentance. Which, of course, makes all the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/11 "2004-12-06T07:20:36Z")
That’s awesome. Instead of bombing and shooting them, we have robots go in and push them down the stairs. PAK CHOOIE UNF ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/12 "2004-12-06T08:41:23Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > That’s awesome. Instead of bombing and shooting them, we have robots go in and push them down the stairs. > > PAK CHOOIE UNF Oooh, great reference to this [classic](http://imdb.com/title/tt0056687/). Bonus points for what movie showed that scene. Hint: it was in a prison. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-signs-alliance-with-aliens-cylon-empire-to-occupy-iraq-news-link-photos/278216/13 "2004-12-06T12:15:17Z")
By your command…