Bebo

Robin Murphy <gunner_twotone>

	Letters from a Marine in the field.	434 days ago
	Dear Mom, Ireland is beautiful. We're about to land and all I can see is green. It's so neat to be able to relax in the land of our forfathers before we go to purge the great evil. All the guys are so excited. I hope we get a chance to see a leprechaun and ride on a cart. There's nothing but fields below us. Nothing except a warehouse. Odd. Dear Mom, The warehouse turned out to be the airport. At least I think it's an airport. We landed there, so I guess it has something to do with planes, but it just looked like a mall to me. We trooped in and were told that we had to stay in the duty-free shop for 16 hours. Apparently it's an olde Irish tradition. Now we have no money. I do have a drum with Guinness written on it. In fact everything I own now has Guinness written on it. I'm frightened. Still, here's to the leprechauns. Dear Mom, Awful news. An Al-Qa'ida faction attacked our plane. They've even penetrated the Emerald Isle. We'd never heard of the faction before, but according to the guy in the duty-free shop they're called Gob-Shi'ites. (By the way, I hope you like the Guinness scarf, I had to buy it to get info out of him. Tradition, apparently.) Marine intelligence is investigating the Gob-shi'ites. The General believes they must be a well organised sect to penetrate all of the security of a major airport. Plus this is Ireland's main defensive airport. The guy in the duty-free says they built it in the middle of nowhere for "strategic" reasons. (I hope you like the Guinness comb.) Dear Mom, Great news. I've met the finest soldiers in the world. The Irish Army arrived to protect us. We're all so relieved. They show no fear. It's like nothing can scare them. It's like they're taunting the Gob-shi'ites. Their equipment looks so crappy and old. It must be a trick. Dear Mom, The ordeal is over. We ship out today. Four of the guys are heading back to the States on a Psychiatric discharge, and we've had to get another transport plane to bring the traditional duty-free. But we're out alive. The Gulf will be such a relief.
	posted by Robin Murphy