My family left Afghanistan in 1976, well before the Communist coup and the Soviet invasion. We certainly thought we would be going back. But when we saw those Soviet tanks rolling into Afghanistan, the prospect for return looked very dim. Few of us, I have to say, envisioned that nearly a quarter century of bloodletting would follow.
Chief of security : They have a tank! How did they get a tank up here?
I tend to like the most basic pieces with the perfect fit and fabric, like a simple tank.
The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.
I have a thing for men's boxer briefs and a tank top. If I'm wearing them, I'm a happy gal.
I will not agree to have this bill [to repeal DADT ] go forward, because our economy is in the tank.
No toys in the fish tank
Photography has clarity in the same way that language has. A word is precise, but its meaning can change based on the words around it: think tank, tank top.
When you're public, you're at the mercy of the markets. You can be doing extremely well, but if the markets are in the tank or your industry is in the tank, you don't get rewarded for it.
The rifle and handgun are 'equalizers' -- the weapons of a democracy. Tanks and bombers represent dictatorship.
I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons.
A grenade launcher will easily take out a tank; a Molotov cocktail placed in its air intake will destroy one as well.
I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle.
When the so-called think tanks began to replace the thought processes of human beings, I called them the aseptic tanks.
Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them.
What people need to do is conserve what they have,. . There is a supply out there; we just need to conserve it. Going up and loading up your tank is not going to do that much. It's just going to deplete the supply, and the problem will eventually catch up to you.
I got a shotgun and a backhoe and no one looks under a septic tank for a dead body. (Bubba)
If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals?
In Afghanistan this week, outnumbered Northern Alliance rebels on horseback defeated Taliban forces armed with tanks. Experts say the victory is just like the story of David and Goliath and David's friend, the Stealth Bomber.
Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.