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The Blue Flower

(6,012 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2025, 10:20 AM Jun 22

"The boys in the bombers" [View all]

I caught the tail end of hogsbreath's meeting with the press this morning, and this phrase jumped out at me. He said the boys in the bombers were on their way home. Could a person be any more disrespectful?

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"The boys in the bombers" [View all] The Blue Flower Jun 22 OP

These are not boys, they are men. And there are female USAF pilots as well. Irish_Dem Jun 22 #1

Boys? Aviation Pro Jun 22 #2

Tone deaf, exultant, stupidly proud. Too many cocktails deep to appreciate the significance of what he'd done. marble falls Jun 22 #3

I suspect he is going for a "our boys" WWII speak karynnj Jun 22 #4

When we had a draft, soldiers were "boys". marybourg Jun 22 #5

I wonder if the "boys in the bombers" [his words] even thought to question their orders. hamsterjill Jun 22 #6

Bloody Cowards 3auld6phart Jun 22 #7

Is this actually offensive to military personel? hueymahl Jun 22 #8

Think I agree. Doubt any of "boys" take that as disrespectful. There are big issues to criticize, but this ain't one. Silent Type Jun 22 #13

I've never understood calling men in the armed services boys TexLaProgressive Jun 22 #9

Well Rebl2 Jun 22 #10

I saw one was a woman. herding cats Jun 22 #11

The "Boys" will have the thought of the Iranian Body Count BOSSHOG Jun 22 #12

The announcement of the strike was made at 3:37 am Tehran time. Igel Jun 22 #14