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ChicagoRonin

(630 posts) Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:13 PM Feb 2019

I see why Trump was always afraid of going to Vietnam . . .

Because today he's getting fragged by one of his own troops.

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I see why Trump was always afraid of going to Vietnam . . . (Original Post) ChicagoRonin Feb 2019 OP

Care to expound on that? TexasProgresive Feb 2019 #1

You had to be there. pwb Feb 2019 #2

I understand fragging as was alleged to happen during the Vietnam war. TexasProgresive Feb 2019 #3

That's what I meant ChicagoRonin Mar 2019 #4

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

1. Care to expound on that?

Reply to ChicagoRonin (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:52 PM

Feb 2019

pwb

(11,287 posts)

2. You had to be there.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:54 PM

Feb 2019

I get it.

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

3. I understand fragging as was alleged to happen during the Vietnam war.

Reply to pwb (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:10 PM

Feb 2019

What I want to know is who are tRump's troops and how are they fragging him?

No, I am not a Vietnam vet, Vietnam era, but no personal Vietnam experience only that through my friends.

Edit- perhaps it is meant metaphorically as in Cohen is one of his troops and he is verbally fragging his old boss. Is that it?

ChicagoRonin

(630 posts)

4. That's what I meant

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 1, 2019, 03:41 PM

Mar 2019

It's also an oblique reference to the John Landis films "Animal House" and "Twilight Zone: The Movie."

In the epilogue to "Animal House" (set in the 60s), it is revealed that a hateful college ROTC student named Niedermeyer was killed in Vietnam by his own troops.

In the Vietnam-set segment of "Twilight Zone: The Movie" a passing platoon mentions "fragging Niedermeyer."

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