Posted by Sherman in Idaho [24.32.202.166] on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 17:15:15 :
In Reply to: Re: It's amazing. posted by Doug in CO [198.57.4.69] on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 17:09:35 :
I'm sure you've heard of all the (often new and unused) trucks and aircraft that were simply pushed off the decks of aircraft carriers into the Pacific at the end of the Vietnam war. One man I knew who was detailed to start up the 6x6s, point them at the ocean, put them in gear, and jump out had the temerity to ask his C.O. "Why?". His answer was "to protect American jobs.".
You can bet mountains of good stuff is being left behind in Afghanistan and Iraq, or more likely these days, being blown up so the "enemy" (e.g. the people we went over to save) can't use it.
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