"With flowers and candy", they said...

An excerpt of the "Editor's letter" of this month's issue of "Vanity Fair", by the ever stylish Graydon Carter...

"The Pentagon has also found a novel way of recovering some of the $240 billions it has spent to fight its losing war in Iraq : charge soldiers for gear destroyed in battle. First Lieutenant William "Eddie" Rebrook IV, a 25-year-old West Virginian, found out about this new military income stream the hard way. He was riding in the turret of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle last year when it was hit by a roadside bomb. Rebrook's arm was wounded and he was picked up by a Black Hawk helicopter and taken to a combat hospital in Bagdad. When he turned his gear in early this year, prior to heading home, he was ordered to pay nearly $700 for the equipment that was destroyed in the attack, including $570 for the Kevlar vest he had been wearing. Not really knowing what to do, Rebrook borrowed the money from his pals in the First Cavalry Division and paid the U.S. Army. When WKWS,  a local Charleston, West Virginia, radio station, reported the story, donations flooded in -more than 200 of them, according to americablog, for a total of $5400. Rebrook, who graduated with honors from West Point, isn't keeping the money. He's giving some of it to the mother of a soldier who helped save his life in Iraq; her house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The rest, he's giving to charity."

Comments

[Sun Li]

Salut :):) Les réjouissances commencent mardi et durent jusk'au 31 mai, Hallelujah ! Sérieux, g honte de me la jouer Célimène avec vous.. dès kje trouve qq chose qui m'inspire je poste, c promis. Et puis ts important : ma 3emmerek ma tgouli li "3afak" bicoz tes désirs sont des ordres ;)
Mwah !

[Loula]

Wa Sun Li,

Les examens sont finis oulla mazal:-)? Bon, je venais te lire et tu sais combien j'apprécie ton style. Je vais faire un tour dans la métropole et si tu as fini et que tu te prends le temps de te reposer 3afak fais un effort, you know that you have a strong Fan Club, pas vrai KB?
Big Mwah!

[Sun Li]

:D Api Beurzday wouonnss euguène !!

[Loula]

Adorable Sun Li,

Tu sais plusieurs services sont contractés: bouffe, coiffeur, lessive donc imagine les pauvres bougres qui vont à la guerre se font sauter et pas une indemnité et ceci n'est que la pointe de l'iceberg.
Mirci pour le message à la marocaine:-) entre nous les anniversaires durent une semaine:-)
Mwah

[Sun Li]

KB, tu préfères pas de l'hydromel ? :) just a thought.. Merci pour tes encouragements :) (mes polys trouvent que je les négligent.. après tant de semaines passés ensemble, c'est dur de ne pas les ouvrir merra merra)
Superfly : I really do think that if you somehow had to talk exclusively with lyrics quotes for the rest of your life, you'd manage it :) cheers buddy :)
(last but not least) Loula : you always push me to do better. I can't thank you enough :):) privatization of the Army.. gasp :s