Thomas W. Chittum
A Vietnam Veteran's Advice to The Troops in Iraq
Fri May 30 18:56:18 2003
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A Vietnam Veteran's Advice to The Troops in Iraq

By Thomas W. Chittum

Last week our Beloved Emperor Bonehead the Younger declared
victory over the barbarians. I guess the barbarians didn't hear
him because they were too busy bushwhacking the patrols of our
Glorious Imperial Legions. Since Bonehead bespoke himself the
Iraqi resistance has killed several Americans, and our Glorious
Imperial Legions are being shot at on a daily basis all across
Iraq.

But not to worry - our Glorious Imperial Generals have a bold new
strategy to subdue the aborigines. They have ordered their troops
to get out of their armored vehicles and to patrol on foot.
Furthermore, the brass have increased the number of patrols and
ordered them to patrol areas they had previously avoided because
of hostile receptions by the local ingrates. In effect, the brass
have ordered the troops to parade aimlessly around Baghdad like
ducks in some carnival shooting gallery until snipers blow their
brains out. This may seem like an insane policy guaranteed to
fill body bags while accomplishing nothing. However, it's really
a stroke of imperial military genius. I will explain.

This policy is not unlike the strategy in Vietnam, where we
grunts would roam the countryside burning down houses and
shooting "Viet Cong." And our clever generals always knew exactly
where to find the "Viet Cong" - they were always most numerous in
the areas where we were burning down "Viet Cong" houses. This
reliable old trick should work just fine in Iraq, too. Instead of
looking for "Viet Cong," we'll be rampaging about looking for
"fundamentalist terrorists," or whatever and finding plenty of
them. And don't forget the windfall of dead but perfectly
photogenic "heroes" that this policy of sitting duck patrols will
produce.

The Glorious Imperial Media recently turned its spotlight on one
of these dead but photogenic and therefore still useful "heroes."
This particular dead "hero" happened to be the first
"Native-American" female "soldier" to die in combat. The NWO
sanctioned ceremony that honored this "hero" even included a
dance troop of Indians in authentic-looking costumes. These lawn
jockey Indians danced around in a circle and chanted "Oh Ga Bo
Ga" or something like that. This sight confused me because I've
known a number of actual Indians and not one was an idiot. I
remained confused until I looked up "Oh Ga Bo Ga" and found out
that translated into English it means "What the heck did the dumb
broad expect?" I'm only kidding of course. I have no idea what
the Indians were chanting.

Why am I making a mock of this official "hero?" Because I have to
explain some important military matters to young members of our
Glorious Imperial Legions stationed in Iraq, and as always the
first step in preparing to receive military wisdom is maintaining
a good, healthy military frame of mind. To have a good, healthy
military frame of mind you must become callous and indifferent to
the suffering of others to the point that you find their
suffering humorous and begin to mock it. And more to the point
you must come to understand that most of what happens in most
wars is pure theatre and mockery designed to deceive the public
in general and you in particular, young soldier.

Take, for instance, the use of depleted uranium by our Glorious
Imperial Legions during their world-wide campaign of slaughter
and destruction. Our Glorious Imperial Air Force has been
dropping 2,000 pound bombs with depleted uranium jackets all over
the Middle East for years. All total they've dropped thousands of
tons of the stuff. The stated reason for jacketing these bombs in
depleted uranium is to increase their military effectiveness. The
military brass and their apologists point out that depleted
uranium is extremely dense and therefore it penetrates armor
plate and bunkers much better than any available substitute.
Their explanation is pure B.S. and makes no military sense at
all. Any 2,000 pound bomb landing anywhere near a tank will blow
it half way across Baghdad and turn anyone inside into a sort of
jellified pink mush. No penetration effect is required.

The real motive for the extensive use of depleted uranium by our
Glorious Imperial Legions is simply to get rid of the nasty stuff
so we don't have to deal with the hassle of storing it here in
America. And consider the bigger military picture. Think of the
message we're sending to Iran: "Mess with the NWO and we'll turn
your country into a radioactive wasteland just like we did to
your neighbors, Afghanistan and Iraq." All the talk about tanks
and bunkers and penetration is pure theatre designed to distract
the public away from topics they do not want discussed, such as
turning entire countries into radioactive wastelands.

And this bit of theatre with the depleted uranium gets us back to
the similar theatre of the sitting duck patrols that the brass
have ordered in Iraq. The search and destroy rampages in Vietnam
and the sitting duck patrols in Iraq both seem brainless and
counterproductive when judged against their stated purpose, but
make perfect sense when you substitute another purpose. I hope I
have made my point clear enough so that young soldiers in Iraq
will understand that their generals are not the idiots they
perceive them to be. Cheer up, guys. Your generals are not
idiots; they are killing you on purpose.

I also have this to say to the American occupation troops in
Iraq: Don't get uptight about my mocking your sufferings. That's
my way as a Vietnam veteran of welcoming you to the club, so to
speak. You're being lied to and murdered just like the cannon
fodder in Vietnam, and the sooner you get over any silly notions
like honor or sympathy or bizarre rituals the better off you'll
be. And don't waste any time worrying about Osama bin
Subcontractor. He's probably sipping umbrella drinks in some posh
resort in Switzerland and chatting on his cell phone with his
accountant in London. He's playing his part in this theatre, and
you should likewise be a good soldier and play your part, which
happens to be parading around Baghdad in sitting duck patrols
until such a time as you get your brains blown out and you become
a "hero."

If any of you people in the Glorious Imperial Legions are
offended by what I have said, I invite you to visit my web site
where I have some additional comments for you. I have rewritten
General Custer's favorite song "Gerry Owen" so that it is more
pertinent to your current situation as mercenaries for the New
World Order.

http://www.firebaseskull.com/GERRY-OWEN.html?1033409154120

--
"Strange times are those in which we live when old and young are
taught in falsehoods school. And the one man that dares to tell
the truth is called at once a lunatic and a fool" - Plato

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