war


he's a looney


They know we own their country. We own their airspace...We dictate the way they live and talk. And that's what's great about America right now. It's a good thing, especially when there is a lot of oil out there we need.

       --Brigadier General William Looney
        head of Iraq operations, US Air Force
        1996 (1)







schoomaker


There is a huge silver lining in this cloud... War is a tremendous focus... Now we have this focusing opportunity, and we have the fact that [terrorists] have actually attacked our homeland, which gives it some oomph... There's got to be a certain appetite for what the hell we exist for.
       --Army Chief of Staff Peter Schoomaker
        in reference to the events on and following     
        September 11, 2001 (2)








    Video clip of US military operations, source unknown.  ApacheAttackIraq.mpeg


US military world map
(3)
   1  The Washingston Post, June 24, 1996, p. A15, quoted from Defense Week in Al Kamen's "In the Loop" column. This Looney guy is no joke; according to the Air Force webpage he has an annual budget of  $18 billion and employs approximately 12,000 people.
   2  BBC News, World Edition, January 22, 2004. Link to article here.
   3  The Economist, March 20, 2004.

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