You didn't tell the whole story from Snopes -- Gen Chong is real and he forwarded this essay which ended up getting his name attached:
The above-quoted essay about the war on terrorism is yet one more example of misattribution through e-mail forwarding. Although USAF Major General Vernon Chong is indeed a real person, according to the Air Force News Agency (AFNEWS) the essay was not written by him; it was something he came across and forwarded to an acquaintance via e-mail, thereby attaching his name to it and inadvertently causing other recipients to erroneously assume he was its author.
When General Chong was contacted by AFNEWS he said that he did not recall who wrote the essay, so for now the identity of its true author is unknown to us.
Last updated: 15 November 2005
Yeah, I realized that as I read further ... see my post #13