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December 22, 2004
And We Wonder Why They Hate Us
A caller to the Sean Hannity Show today (guest hosted by Paul W. Smith), attempting to defend the servicemen being court-martialed for scavenging for parts, explained that it was a common practice and said that during Desert Storm one of his jobs in the military was to steal civilian tanker trucks in Saudi Arabia, where, of course, the U.S. military was graciously allowed to build bases. "If it had fuel in it, so much the better; and if it had water, even more so much the better," explained the caller.
Did it matter that they were robbing civilians whom they were supposedly protecting from invasion and subsequent rape and plunder by Saddam Hussein (which wasn't going to happen anyway)? Apparently not. In fact, the caller was a little peeved that the U.S. government hadn't told the Saudi police that the pillaging of the populace by its alleged defenders was to be allowed to proceed unhindered. Those darn fool cops actually tried to arrest members of our fine forces when they were caught making off with Saudi civilians' property! To what is this world coming?
Anyway, in case you needed it, this is more proof that (a) government and its wars are nothing but one big criminal racket and (b) governments' actions, especially in wartime, never live up to their lofty rhetoric.
But, gee, I can't imagine why any Arabs, particularly Saudis, could possibly hate the United States.
Posted by Mike Tennant at December 22, 2004 08:16 PM
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