[Presto]

There's all this news blowing up about this kid name Chris Jeon that went to Libya to take part in the revolution. Latest reports states that the rebels have sent him packing, but he's trying to get back on the front lines again.

Libyan Rebels Give UCLA Tagalong the Boot, But He Won't Leave - Global - The Atlantic Wire (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/09/libyan-rebels-give-their-ucla-tagalong-boot/42044/)


He's a glowing target for a sniper with that jersey:
http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-110901-jeon-1105a.grid-7x2.jpg

[El Bastardo]

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldp3jukzHo1qb9a2wo1_500.png

[SB7]

Super massive facepalm ....
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[CorneringArtist]

Sounds like the Libyan version of Malibu's Most Wanted LOL.

[SkinnyPupp]

He's doing it wrong

You're supposed to buy the T-Shirts AFTER the regime has been overrun.

[V4NC1TY]

apparently he joined in on the revolution 'cause he was bored .. :seriously:

“It is the end of my summer vacation, so I thought it would be cool to join the rebels”

Bored UCLA Student Joins Libyan Rebels | Danger Room | Wired.com (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/ucla-student-libya)

[AutozamAZ-3]

apparently he joined in on the revolution 'cause he was bored .. :seriously:

“It is the end of my summer vacation, so I thought it would be cool to join the rebels”

Bored UCLA Student Joins Libyan Rebels | Danger Room | Wired.com (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/ucla-student-libya)

poor kid wont make it back for sept semester

[StylinRed]

:facepalm:

[Culture_Vulture]

:lol just look at his face in that picture
just screams DERP!

[Sid Vicious]

hows this any different than signing up for a tour of duty?

you get shot as a combatant, you get shot as a tourist...either way your dead...cept as a combatant ur a hero

[Mananetwork]

I think he went to participate in extracurricular activities to boost his GPA!

[zulutango]

He thinks he will be starring in the Lybian series called "Tripoli Shore". Hey kid, this is real stuff, people disappear, get wounded, have body parts hacked off, that sort of thing...and the bunch you want to fight for are the muslim brotherhood who at the very best consider you a "useful idiot".

[drunkrussian]

if only our rioters did this instead of rioting here, we wouldve saved 2m in damages and been permanently short a couple douchebags
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[jn0128]

:failed:

[Presto]

Wow... he made it back, and didn't get aerated:
The Daily Bruin :: A Closer Look: Back from Libya (http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/10/a_closer_look_back_from_libya)

[noventa]

He thinks he will be starring in the Lybian series called "Tripoli Shore". Hey kid, this is real stuff, people disappear, get wounded, have body parts hacked off, that sort of thing...and the bunch you want to fight for are the muslim brotherhood who at the very best consider you a "useful idiot".

The following is quoted from The Daily Bruin which was posted by Presto.

"His life points to a talent for assimilation and a desire for bold experiences. The winter of his first year in college, Jeon traveled alone to a remote orphanage in Cambodia.

The following summer, he spent two months in the Amazon with an indigenous tribe, hunting piranhas for food.

In January, he and his close friend Ross McCray went to Seattle and stayed for a week with only $1 in their pockets and the plane ticket home. The pair lived on the street and begged for food.

In Libya, he fasted with the soldiers during Ramadan and participated in prayers.

“He thrives on new environments,” said McCray, a third-year mathematics student at UCLA. “Until you’re actually there experiencing it, you’re not going to know what it’s like.”"

ZuluTango, I am aware that you are in some way related to law enforcement. Therefore, I will assume that you have seen much of the "real world". Having said that, I will still stand by the statement that "this kid" may have a better idea of what "the real world" is than perhaps even yourself.

edit: sorry for being overly harsh. I forgot that user ZuluTango made his post before the one with Daily Bruin update.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Just because he did something that none of us here would've done, doesn't make him a bad person nor does it make him an idiot. Everyone has their owns reasons.

[Halfpast]

The following is quoted from The Daily Bruin which was posted by Presto.

"His life points to a talent for assimilation and a desire for bold experiences. The winter of his first year in college, Jeon traveled alone to a remote orphanage in Cambodia.

The following summer, he spent two months in the Amazon with an indigenous tribe, hunting piranhas for food.

In January, he and his close friend Ross McCray went to Seattle and stayed for a week with only $1 in their pockets and the plane ticket home. The pair lived on the street and begged for food.

In Libya, he fasted with the soldiers during Ramadan and participated in prayers.

“He thrives on new environments,” said McCray, a third-year mathematics student at UCLA. “Until you’re actually there experiencing it, you’re not going to know what it’s like.”"

ZuluTango, I am aware that you are in some way related to law enforcement. Therefore, I will assume that you have seen much of the "real world". Having said that, I will still stand by the statement that "this kid" may have a better idea of what "the real world" is than perhaps even yourself.

Power of the media. This article casts him in a completely different light, and I doubt Zulutango knew all this about him when he made that comment a month ago.

I didn't think much of him either when I first heard him on the news sounding like a happy-go-lucky kid wanting to "experience" something new. The fact that he's traveled to a remote orphanage in Cambodia AND spent two whole months in the Amazon with an indigenous tribe really puts his trip to Libya in a different perspective.

[noventa]

^you are correct.

Sorry about that ZuluTango. I reread that article and I would totally agree with your comments if all our info was based off that first article. Sorry