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Re: Just been spammed by Paul Koelewijn
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Fri, 18 Feb 2000 05:42:31 GMT
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Bill Farkas wrote:
> ...Were the Iraqis concerned about the 1st Cav or the impending beach
> landing? Answer this for yourself. Regardless, this was a small decoy force,
> the bulk of the Marines in theater were way out in front of any other units and
> causing a whole heck of a lot more mayhem. I appreciate your pride in your unit
> and branch of service but, again, everyone knows the truth about who the top of
> the food chain is.
I may have news for you--that "who" wasn't anyone actually doing the fighting. One
of the benefits of being at the "top of the food chain", as it were, in an
corporatist imperial state means being able to sit in your boardroom sipping
martinis while others advance or protect--and often die for--your interests. Oh,
and the top of the Iraqi food chain was pretty reprehensible, too--oh, wait,
they're still there.
Inter-service (and intra-service, as happens in the Navy between submariners and
skimmers) bluster is so much Brownian motion in the grander scheme. At least we
got our own national feel-good Tel-el-Kebir and Omdurman out of that little brouha.
best
LFB
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