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OPINION/SATIRE: Operation Desert Epal: The liberation of Kuwait
OPINION/SATIRE: Operation Desert Epal: The liberation of Kuwait
Alan Robles — Hot Manila
Published Apr 28, 2018 03:12 AM PHT

The action begins deep in the command bunker of a certain high-ranking diplomatic official.
The action begins deep in the command bunker of a certain high-ranking diplomatic official.
The Secretary: We HAVE to do something to help our countrymen in Kuwait, they're being oppressed by their employers! It's making me look bad! We need to undertake emergency intervention! What are our options?
The Secretary: We HAVE to do something to help our countrymen in Kuwait, they're being oppressed by their employers! It's making me look bad! We need to undertake emergency intervention! What are our options?
Troll Special Consultant to Undersecretary for Migrants (SCUM): We have this plan sir, we can rescue our countrymen, earn their gratitude
Troll Special Consultant to Undersecretary for Migrants (SCUM): We have this plan sir, we can rescue our countrymen, earn their gratitude
The Secretary: Good! Can we send our stealth bombers?
The Secretary: Good! Can we send our stealth bombers?
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SCUM: We don't have stealth bombers
SCUM: We don't have stealth bombers
The Secretary: How about deploying our carriers?
The Secretary: How about deploying our carriers?
SCUM: We don't have carriers.
SCUM: We don't have carriers.
The Secretary: Well let's launch cruise missiles then.
The Secretary: Well let's launch cruise missiles then.
SCUM: Don't have cruise missiles.
SCUM: Don't have cruise missiles.
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The Secretary: Dammit, it's what I saw in all those war videos. Wait! I know, we have SEAL teams right? Let's send our SEAL teams.
The Secretary: Dammit, it's what I saw in all those war videos. Wait! I know, we have SEAL teams right? Let's send our SEAL teams.
SCUM: We have them but we can't send them.
SCUM: We have them but we can't send them.
The Secretary: Why not?
The Secretary: Why not?
SCUM: They're guarding Boracay against an invasion of Australian nuns.
SCUM: They're guarding Boracay against an invasion of Australian nuns.
The Secretary: Well, what DO we have?
The Secretary: Well, what DO we have?
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SCUM: Sir, as I was saying...
SCUM: Sir, as I was saying...
The Secretary: Talk to me.
The Secretary: Talk to me.
SCUM: We can deploy our elite team of JT — Junketing Trolls — along with government staff. We infiltrate Kuwait. We rescue some workers, we video everything. We hold a celebratory party, everyone is happy.
SCUM: We can deploy our elite team of JT — Junketing Trolls — along with government staff. We infiltrate Kuwait. We rescue some workers, we video everything. We hold a celebratory party, everyone is happy.
The Secretary: What could possibly go wrong? Make it happen. Soon the Infinity Stones will be mine! So speaks the mighty Cayethanos!
The Secretary: What could possibly go wrong? Make it happen. Soon the Infinity Stones will be mine! So speaks the mighty Cayethanos!
SCUM: You might have been watching the wrong video sir.
SCUM: You might have been watching the wrong video sir.
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The Secretary: Go away.
The Secretary: Go away.
Two days later...
Two days later...
SCUM: Sir, we executed the special operation. I have good news and bad news.
SCUM: Sir, we executed the special operation. I have good news and bad news.
The Secretary: Bad news first.
The Secretary: Bad news first.
SCUM: All the troll junketeers were discovered by the police and had to flee Kuwait. Meanwhile, the Kuwait government has arrested some of our officials, is deporting our ambassador and has pulled out its ambassador from our country.
SCUM: All the troll junketeers were discovered by the police and had to flee Kuwait. Meanwhile, the Kuwait government has arrested some of our officials, is deporting our ambassador and has pulled out its ambassador from our country.
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The Secretary: What? Your good news had better be good.
The Secretary: What? Your good news had better be good.
SCUM: The good news is we rescued a lot of workers.
SCUM: The good news is we rescued a lot of workers.
The Secretary: That's terrific! How many?
The Secretary: That's terrific! How many?
SCUM: Two-hundred thousand.
SCUM: Two-hundred thousand.
The Secretary: Wow, that many? Excellent! Wait! isn't that the number of ALL our workers in Kuwait?
The Secretary: Wow, that many? Excellent! Wait! isn't that the number of ALL our workers in Kuwait?
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SCUM: That's correct sir, Kuwait is ordering all workers out of the country.
SCUM: That's correct sir, Kuwait is ordering all workers out of the country.
The Secretary: Mission accomplished! Well done. Now, we proceed to the most important part of the plan—finding somebody to blame.
The Secretary: Mission accomplished! Well done. Now, we proceed to the most important part of the plan—finding somebody to blame.
SCUM: Let's blame the dilawan!
SCUM: Let's blame the dilawan!
The Secretary: Gawd I love the smell of victory.
The Secretary: Gawd I love the smell of victory.
Disclaimer: Any resemblance between this story and actual facts is none of our business.
Disclaimer: Any resemblance between this story and actual facts is none of our business.
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