Sunday, August 24, 2008
MilRubes, Parte Trois
One LT Nixon, a "milblogger," has noted one of our items from March of this yr., & commented on it at his "milblog." (And in our comments here.) Odd, that the LT should use a word like "zeitgeist," yet not know what "jingoistic" means. Nice picture of typical jarhead Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C., however.
And thanks for the info on Marines & bayonets. We don't keep up as we used to, but "baby-bayoneting" is so alliterative we couldn't resist. Do they now use those carbon-fiber assault knives or whatever they call them when they're slaughtering civilians for truth, justice & Exxon-Mobil profits?
Refer to U. S. M. C. General Smedley Darlington Butler's War is a Racket for why we might just think that the continuing occupation of Iraq is more about profits than "spreading democracy." (Itself a coded phrase for "installing gov'ts. that will give their people's oil to AmeriKKKa cheaply.")
P. S.: We know that "AmeriKKKa" is stupid & cheap, but we're pretty cheap ourselves, & if its use irritates anyone, our mission has been accomplished.
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M. Bouffant,
FYI, the most commonly used weapon in Iraq by the U.S.M.C. is the M4. As for Exxon-Mobil profits, I certainly never got a cut of those when I was in Iraq. This is most likely due to the fact that Exxon Mobil does not have any contracts with the Iraqi Oil Ministry rather than some big conspiracy.
Editor Speaks:
No one's accusing you of getting any profits, that's half (?) the damn problem, that those who do the work get an almost living wage & economic insecurity, while those who sit around in their corner offices & harass their administrative assistants all day get all the money & glory, not merely in Iraq but throughout the corporate world.
Was merely taking Exxon-Mobil as an example (what w/ their profits) of "Big Oil." We seem to remember recent awarding of "no-bid" Iraqi oil contracts to quite a few Anglo-American & even a French outfit.
The list of nations w/ crummy to awful gov'ts. is long & depressing, yet the U. S. doesn't seem to be intervening in any areas that don't have oil sitting around. The Editor's never been there, but Saudi Arabia appears objectively more repressive & less democratic than Iraq under Hussein (& chock full of terrorists willing to act against us) yet as long as they sell us their oil & make big investments in the U. S., so we let the royal family do as they will, which often creates resentment (& a hell of a lot worse) against us for backing the decadent douchebags.
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