[SENTINEL]

Okay, I know one of you knows how to get this to O'Reilly - This seems like his type of story.

BTW We were told specifically that we would enjoy a court martial if we looted ANYTHING during GWI. There were several officer inspections of our gear to check for booty.

[Fudd]

Doonsebury had a funny cartoon (it happens once in a while - it's a monkey on a typewriter thing) at the end of GW1, where the troops are coming home. An officer is inspecting a vehicle for such souveniers. The punchline came when the inspector said, "You never know what a soldier will try to sneak home".

And the soldier smiled and thought, "Like this tank"!

[OldFriend]

Guess the media has forgotten the clintonoids stealing everything not nailed down from our own ships and from hotels around the world.

Forgotten the looting of the white house by their heroes.

Perhaps a little reminder to the Globe...

[Risa]

>>BTW We were told specifically that we would enjoy a court martial if we looted ANYTHING during GWI. There were several officer inspections of our gear to check for booty.<<

Well, if you had looted, I would have supported you wholeheartedly! What is wrong with a little levity at Saddams expense in the midst of unimaginable horror and hell? What is wrong with sitting in some tawdry, gold-painted chair in the midst of a bombed out room with glass all over the floor, to relax for a moment with a cigarette? Or even taking souvenirs?

The capacity for moments of humor and levity in the midst of unimaginable horror are traits that make us human, and also able to survive enduring neurocognitive stress.

Sheesh--I am appalled at the ignorance of those who would deny these young people a moment of relief. (And I think our country won't be healthy again until all those peacenik hippies from the sixties are dead.)

risa

[tracer]

"There were several officer inspections of our gear to check for booty."

That was before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," I presume.... 8~)