Thread: Pope Francis angered by America's 'mother of all bombs' name

Pope Francis has criticised the naming of the US military's largest non-nuclear explosive ever used in combat as "the mother of all bombs".

"I was ashamed when I heard the name," the pontiff told an audience of students at the Vatican.

"A mother gives life and this one gives death, and we call this device a mother. What is going on?" he asked.

Last month the US dropped such a bomb, which weighs 21,600lb (9,800kg), on Islamic State militants in Afghanistan.

How powerful is 'mother of all bombs'?

What impact did the bomb have on IS?

The Pentagon said it was dropped from a US aircraft in Nangarhar province, targeting a tunnel complex used by IS.

The explosive is officially called the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), but is widely known as "the mother of all bombs".

It was first tested in 2003, but had not been deployed in combat before.

The Pope's comments come ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump on 24 May.

Pope Francis angered by America's 'mother of all bombs' name - BBC News

Maybe 'Motherfucker of all Bombs' would please the pontiff

Pope Francis is about the silliest mincing clown that ever sat on the papal throne.

I bet he sits down to pee.

Originally Posted by ENT

I bet he sits down to pee.

I do. Facing the cistern with my hangover between my hands elbows on the tank top.

Originally Posted by ENT

Pope Francis is about the silliest mincing clown that ever sat on the papal throne

Yes, the last one was way more bad-ass. You could imagine papal thunderbolts dispensed in the confessional.

Enola Gay?
Daisy Cutter?

Bit late, methinks.

massive ordinance air blast

will effectively cause a multitude of anal blowouts as all the air is sucked into the explosion

They could always paint on the side of the next one to be dropped " popes baby "

Originally Posted by baldrick

will effectively cause a multitude of anal blowouts as all the air is sucked into the explosion

MOAP

Massive Orifice Anal Prolapse!

What a satisfying way to deal with the taliban, scuttling round in their underground cave networks

Fuck The Pope and anything that he might represent....