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This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History

November 21

1861—During the Civil War, the screw steamer New London, along with screw steamer R.R. Cuyler and crew members of the screw steamer Massachusetts, capture the Confederate schooner Olive with a cargo of lumber in Mississippi Sound.

1918—U.S. battleships witness the surrender of German High Seas fleet at Rosyth, Firth of Forth, Scotland to U.S. and British fleets.

1942—USS Cincinnati (CL 6) and USS Somers (DD 381) uncover the Norwegian ship SS Skjilbred as being the German blockade runner Anneliese Essberger after setting explosions and boarding the ship. Survivors are taken on board USS Milwaukee (CL 5).

1943—USS Nautilus (SS 168) lands U.S. Marine Corps Reconnaissance Company on Abemama, Gilberts while USS Trigger (SS 237) sinks Japanese freighter Eizan Maru in the Yellow Sea.

1944—USS Sealion (SS 315) sinks the Japanese battleship Kongo and destroyer Urakaze north-northwest of Formosa.

 

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Today in History

November 21
1620		Leaders of the Mayflower expedition frame the "Mayflower Compact," designed to bolster unity among the settlers.
1783		Jean de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes make the first free-flight ascent in a balloon to over 500 feet in Paris.
1789		North Carolina ratifies the Constitution, becoming the 12th state to do it.
1855		Franklin Colman, a pro-slavery Missourian, guns down Charles Dow, a Free Stater from Ohio, near Lawrence, Kansas.
1864		From Georgia, Confederate General John B. Hood launches the Franklin-Nashville Campaign into Tennessee.
1904		Motorized omnibuses replace horse-drawn cars in Paris.
1906		In San Juan, President Theodore Roosevelt pledges citizenship for Puerto Rican people.
1907		Cunard liner Mauritania sets a new speed record for steamship travel, 624 nautical miles in a one day run.
1911		Suffragettes storm Parliament in London. All are arrested and all choose prison terms.
1917		German ace Rudolf von Eschwege is killed over Macedonia when he attacks a booby-trapped observation balloon packed with explosives.
1918		The last German troops leave Alsace-Lorraine, France.
1927		Police turn machine guns on striking Colorado mine workers, killing five and wounding 20.
1934		A New York court rules Gloria Vanderbilt unfit for custody of her daughter.
1934		Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes premieres at New York's Alvin Theatre.
1949		The United Nations grants Libya its independence by 1952.
1967		President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the air quality act, allotting $428 million for the fight against pollution.
1970		U.S. planes conduct widespread bombing raids in North Vietnam.
1985		US Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard arrested for spying and passing classified information to Israel; he received a life sentence on Nov. 1, 1987.
1986		The Justice Department begins an inquiry into the National Security Council into what will become known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
1995		The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio; the agreement, formally ratified in Paris on Dec. 14, ends the three-and-a-half year war between Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2006		Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel assassinated in Beirut.

 

1970     U.S. force raids Son Tay prison camp »

1980

November 21

Millions tune in to find out who shot J.R.

On November 21, 1980, 350 million people around the world tune in to television's popular primetime drama "Dallas" to find out who shot J.R. Ewing, the character fans loved to hate. J.R. had been shot on the season-ending episode the previous March 21, which now stands as one of television's most famous cliffhangers. The plot twist inspired widespread media coverage and left America wondering "Who shot J.R.?" for the next eight months. The November 21 episode solved the mystery, identifying Kristin Shepard, J.R.'s wife's sister and his former mistress, as the culprit.

The CBS television network debuted the first five-episode pilot season of "Dallas" in 1978; it went on to run for another 12 full-length seasons. The first show of its kind, "Dallas" was dubbed a "primetime soap opera" for its serial plots and dramatic tales of moral excess. The show revolved around the relations of two Texas oil families: the wealthy, successful Ewing family and the perpetually down-on-their-luck Barnes family. The families' patriarchs, Jock Ewing and Digger Barnes, were former partners locked in a years-long feud over oil fields Barnes claimed had been stolen by Ewing. Ewing's youngest son Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and Barnes' daughter Pam (Victoria Principal) had married, linking the battling clans even more closely. The character of J.R. Ewing, Bobby's oldest brother and a greedy, conniving, womanizing scoundrel, was played by Larry Hagman.

As J.R. had many enemies, audiences were hard-pressed to guess who was responsible for his attempted murder. That summer, the question "Who Shot J.R.?" entered the national lexicon, becoming a popular t-shirt slogan, and heightening anticipation of the soap's third season, which was to air in the fall. After a much-talked-about contract dispute with Hagman was finally settled, the season was delayed because of a Screen Actors Guild strike, much to the dismay of "Dallas" fans. When it finally aired, the episode revealing J.R.'s shooter became one of television's most watched shows, with an audience of 83 million people in the U.S. alone—a full 76 percent of all U.S. televisions on that night were tuned in—and helped put "Dallas" into greater worldwide circulation. It also popularized the use of the cliffhanger by television writers.

The shooting of J.R. wasn't "Dallas'" only notorious plot twist. In September 1986, fans learned that the entire previous season, in which main character Bobby Ewing had died, was merely a dream of Pam's. The show's writers had killed the Bobby character off because Duffy had decided to leave the show. When he agreed to return, they featured him stepping out of the shower on the season-ending cliffhanger, and then were forced the next season to explain his sudden reappearance.

The last premiere episode of "Dallas" aired on May 3, 1991. A spin-off, "Knots Landing," aired from December 27, 1979 until May 13, 1993. "Dallas" remains in syndication around the world.

 

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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … For The List for Sunday, 21 November 2021… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻

 

OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)… From the archives of

rollingthunderremembered.com post for 21 November 1966… November is

"National Aircraft Carrier Month"… In focus: the three combat cruises

of USS AMERICA…

 

http://www.rollingthunderremembered.com/rolling-thunder-remembered-21-

november-1966-the-vietnam-carriers-uss-america/

 

 

 

This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip

Vietnam Air Losses

Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at:  https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.

 

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Thanks to Dr Rich

I think YP needs one of these. He like to fly with not much around him but open space.

Hop in your Jetson One!!

 

https://youtu.be/FzhREYOK0oo

 

 

From the List Archives

Thanks to Bill

OMG PLEASE READ! I HAD TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS

EMBARRASSING MEDICAL EXAMS

1. A man comes into the ER and yells . . .'My wife's going to have her baby in the cab.'

I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress and began to take off her underwear.

Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs - - -

and I was in the wrong one.

Submitted by Dr. Mark MacDonald,

San Francisco

2. At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall.

'Big breaths,' I instructed.

'Yes, they used to be,' Replied the patient.

Submitted by Dr. Richard Byrnes,

Seattle, WA

3. One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct.

Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to the rest of the family that he had died of a 'massive internal fart.'

Submitted by Dr. Susan Steinberg

4. During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with his cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having trouble with one of his medications.

'Which one?' I asked.

'The patch.'

'The Nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours

and now I'm running out of places to put it!'

I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped I wouldn't see.

Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body!

Now, the instructions include removal of the old patch before applying a new one.

Submitted by Dr. Rebecca St. Clair,

Norfolk, VA

5. While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I asked,

'How long have you been bedridden?'

After a look of complete confusion she answered,

' Why, not for about twenty years - when my husband was alive.'

Submitted by Dr. Steven Swanson,

Corvallis, OR

6. I was performing rounds at the hospital one morning and while checking up on a man I asked . . .' So how's your breakfast this morning?'

'It's very good except for the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem to get used to the taste,' Bob replied.

I then asked to see the jelly and Bob produced a foil packet labeled 'KY Jelly.'

Submitted by Dr. Leonard Kransdorf,

Detroit

7. A nurse was on duty in the Emergency Room when a young woman with purple hair styled into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting a variety of tattoos,

and wearing strange clothing, entered. It was quickly determined that the patient had acute appendicitis, so she was scheduled for immediate surgery.

When she was completely disrobed on the operating table,

the staff noticed that her pubic hair had been dyed green

and above it there was a Tattoo that read . . .' Keep off the grass.'

Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon wrote a short note on the patient's dressing, Which said, 'Sorry . . . Had to mow the lawn.'

Submitted by RN no name,

AND FINALLY!!

8. As a new, young MD doing his residency in OB,

I was quite embarrassed when performing female pelvic exams.

To cover my embarrassment I had unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly.

The middle-aged lady upon whom I was performing this exam suddenly burst out laughing, further embarrassing me.

I looked up from my work and sheepishly said . . ..

' I'm sorry. Was I tickling you?'

She replied with tears running down her cheeks from laughing so hard . . ..

' No doctor but the song you were whistling was,

' I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Wiener.'

Dr. Wouldn't submit his name....

1 MORE

Baby's First Doctor Visit

This made me laugh out loud.

I hope it will give you a smile!

A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room,

waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first exam.

The doctor arrived, and examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned, asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed.

'Breast-fed,' she replied.

'Well, strip down to your waist,' the doctor ordered.

She did. He pinched her nipples, pressed, kneaded, and rubbed both breasts for a while in a very professional and detailed examination.

Motioning to her to get dressed, the doctor said,

'No wonder this baby is underweight. You don't have any milk.'

'I know,' she said, 'I'm his Grandma, but I'm glad I came.'

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This Day in U S Military History

November 21

1860 – The notorious hired killer Tom Horn is born on this day in 1860, in Memphis, Missouri. "Killing is my specialty," Horn reportedly once said. "I look at it as a business proposition, and I think I have a corner on the market." Horn was raised on a farm, and like many young farm boys, Horn loved to roam the woods with his dog and rifle, hunting for game and practicing his marksmanship. He was an unusually skilled rifleman, an ability that may have later encouraged him to gravitate towards a career as a professional killer. That his father was a violent man, who severely beat his son, might also explain how Horn came to be such a remorseless killer. However, the young Horn did not immediately begin his adult life as a professional murderer. Fleeing his home in Memphis after a particularly savage beating from his father, the 14-year-old boy first worked as a teamster in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he demonstrated a quick intelligence and learned Spanish. Horn's packing and language skills later won him a job with the U.S. Army, where he served as an interpreter with the Apache Indians, learned to be a skilled scout and tracker, and tracked the cunning movements of the famous Apache warrior Geronimo. Ironically, Horn's career as a hired gunman began legitimately when he signed up with the well-known Chicago-based Pinkerton Detective Agency, which supplied agents to serve as armed guards and private police forces. Though Pinkerton detectives generally stopped short of carrying out actual murders, they were sometimes called on to fight gun battles with everyone from striking miners to train robbers. Horn's four-year stint with the Pinkertons doubtlessly impressed his next employer, the giant Wyoming ranching operation, Swan Land and Cattle Company. Swan and other big ranches funded Horn's reign of terror in Wyoming, where he assassinated many supposed rustlers and other troublemakers. To take only one example, a Wyoming homesteader named William Lewis had stubbornly claimed his right to farm on what had previously been open range for cattle. He openly bragged about stealing and eating the cattle he found there. The big ranchers warned Lewis to leave the territory, but he refused to back down. In August 1895, he was shot to death with three bullets fired from a distance of at least 300 yards. Few doubted that the sharpshooting Horn killed Lewis. Horn's reign of terror ended in 1903, when he was hanged for killing a 14-year-old boy.

1943 – On Tarawa Atoll, more American troops (of the 2nd Marine Divison) land on Betio Island. There are heavy casualties initially. However, by noon some progress is being made in successfully landing more troops. Other American units land on Bairiki Island. On Makin Atoll, elements of the US 27th Infantry Division begin to advance on Butaritari Island.

1944 – On Leyte, the US 32nd Division, advancing from the north coast, is held in the Ormoc Valley by Japanese forces. US 7th Division begins attacks north from Baybay toward Ormoc.

1944 – Northeast of Formosa, the US submarine Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongo and a destroyer.

1944 – US 1st and 9th Armies meet firm resistance from German forces west of the Roer River. The US 3rd Army continues the siege of Metz while other elements gain ground near Saarebourg. Metz has never been taken by siege.1945- The last residents of the US Japanese-American internment left their camps.

1950 – The 17th Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division reached the Yalu River near its source at Hyesanjin, "Ghost City of Broken Bridges." This was the northernmost progress achieved by any U.S. unit operating in the east under X Corps.

 

1970 – A combined Air Force and Army team of 40 Americans–led by Army Colonel "Bull" Simons–conducts a raid on the Son Tay prison camp, 23 miles west of Hanoi, in an attempt to free between 70 and 100 Americans suspected of being held there. Planning for the mission–code-named Operation Ivory Coast–began in June 1970. The plan called for Army Rangers to be flown to Son Tay by helicopter and crash-land inside the compound. The plan was for Rangers to pour out of the helicopter and neutralize any opposition while Rangers in other helicopters, landing outside the walls, would break in and complete the rescue operation. At 11:30 p.m. on November 20, the raiding force departed Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. As the force approached the camp, U.S. Air Force and Navy warplanes struck North Vietnamese troop installations and antiaircraft sites in the area. Part of the force initially landed at the wrong compound, but otherwise the mission came off without a hitch. Unfortunately, the Rangers could not locate any prisoners in the huts. After a sharp firefight with the North Vietnamese troops in the area, the order was given to withdraw–27 minutes after the raid began, the force was in the air headed back to Thailand. The raid was accomplished in a superb manner and all Americans returned safely, but it was learned later that the prisoners had been moved elsewhere in July. Despite that disappointment, the raid was a tactical success and sent a message to the North Vietnamese that the United States was capable of inserting a combat force undetected only miles from their capital. Stunned by the raid, high Hanoi officials ordered all U.S. POWs moved to several central prison complexes. This was actually a welcome change-the move afforded the prisoners more contact with each other and boosted their morale.

 

Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day

*HAWKINS, WILLIAM DEAN
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 19 .April 1914, Fort Scott, Kans. Appointed from: El Paso, Tex. Citation: For valorous and gallant conduct above and beyond the call of duty as commanding officer of a Scout Sniper Platoon attached to the Assault Regiment in action against Japanese-held Tarawa in the Gilbert Island, 20 and 21 November 1943. The first to disembark from the jeep lighter, 1st Lt. Hawkins unhesitatingly moved forward under heavy enemy fire at the end of the Betio Pier, neutralizing emplacements in coverage of troops assaulting the main beach positions. Fearlessly leading his men on to join the forces fighting desperately to gain a beachhead, he repeatedly risked his life throughout the day and night to direct and lead attacks on pillboxes and installations with grenades and demolitions. At dawn on the following day, 1st Lt. Hawkins resumed the dangerous mission of clearing the limited beachhead of Japanese resistance, personally initiating an assault on a hostile position fortified by S enemy machineguns, and, crawling forward in the face of withering fire, boldly fired pointblank into the loopholes and completed the destruction with grenades. Refusing to withdraw after being seriously wounded in the chest during this skirmish, 1st Lt. Hawkins steadfastly carried the fight to the enemy, destroying 3 more pillboxes before he was caught in a burst of Japanese shellfire and mortally wounded. His relentless fighting spirit in the face of formidable opposition and his exceptionally daring tactics served as an inspiration to his comrades during the most crucial phase of the battle and reflect the highest credit upon the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

*MINICK, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company I, 121st Infantry, 8th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Hurtgen, Germany, 21 November 1944. Entered service at: Carlisle, Pa. Birth: Wall, Pa. Citation: He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, in action involving actual conflict with the enemy on 21 November 1944, near Hurtgen, Germany. S/Sgt. Minick's battalion was halted in its advance by extensive minefields, exposing troops to heavy concentrations of enemy artillery and mortar fire. Further delay in the advance would result in numerous casualties and a movement through the minefield was essential. Voluntarily, S/Sgt. Minick led 4 men through hazardous barbed wire and debris, finally making his way through the minefield for a distance of 300 yards. When an enemy machinegun opened fire, he signaled his men to take covered positions, edged his way alone toward the flank of the weapon and opened fire, killing 2 members of the guncrew and capturing 3 others. Moving forward again, he encountered and engaged single-handedly an entire company killing 20 Germans and capturing 20, and enabling his platoon to capture the remainder of the hostile group. Again moving ahead and spearheading his battalion's advance, he again encountered machinegun fire. Crawling forward toward the weapon, he reached a point from which he knocked the weapon out of action. Still another minefield had to be crossed. Undeterred, S/Sgt. Minick advanced forward alone through constant enemy fire and while thus moving, detonated a mine and was instantly killed.

CARPENTER, WILLIAM KYLE
Rank and Organization: Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines. Place and Date: November 21, 2010, Marjah District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Entered Service At: Columbia, SC. Born: 17 October, 1989, Flowood, MS. Departed: No. Entered Service At: Columbia, SC. G.O. Number: . Date of Issue: 06/19/2014. Accredited To: South Carolina. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an Automatic Rifleman with Company F, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 1st Marine Division (Forward), 1 Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on 21 November 2010. Lance Corporal Carpenter was a member of a platoon-sized coalition force, comprised of two reinforced Marine squads partnered with an Afghan National Army squad. The platoon had established Patrol Base Dakota two days earlier in a small village in the Marjah District in order to disrupt enemy activity and provide security for the local Afghan population. Lance Corporal Carpenter and a fellow Marine were manning a rooftop security position on the perimeter of Patrol Base Dakota when the enemy initiated a daylight attack with hand grenades, one of which landed inside their sandbagged position. Without hesitation, and with complete disregard for his own safety, Lance Corporal Carpenter moved toward the grenade in an attempt to shield his fellow Marine from the deadly blast. When the grenade detonated, his body absorbed the brunt of the blast, severely wounding him, but saving the life of his fellow Marine. By his undaunted courage, bold fighting spirit, and unwavering devotion to duty in the face of almost certain death, Lance Corporal Carpenter reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.

 

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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for November 21, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY

21 November

1917: The Navy's R-9 robot bomber, a flying bomb, demonstrated to Army, Navy, and civilian aviation experts at Amityville, N.Y.

1957: The DoD announced that the first ICBM base would be built at Francis E. Warren AFB. (6)

1961: The USAF launched Midas IV, a heat-sensing satellite designed to detect missile launchings, from Point Arguello into a 2,100-mile circular orbit. As a part of the controversial Project West Force, the satellite ejected a package of several million copper wires to form a reflecting belt in space to aid radio communications. These wires failed to disperse as planned. USAF crewmembers fired their first Titan when the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing launched a test missile on a 5,000-mile flight from Cape Canaveral. (16) (24)

1962: Operation LONG SKIP. After an initial airlift effort from 2-14 November, USAFE dispatched C-130s to India to assist MATS in this operation. LONG SKIP continued through August 1963. The airlifters carried 20,000 passengers and troops, along with 25,000 tons of supplies and equipment to the area. The timely response led the Chinese to withdraw. (2)

1969: A Thor-Delta rocket pushed a Skynet communications satellite for the UK into orbit. The Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Organization developed the satellite for the British government. (16)

1970: SON TAY RAID. A special USAF and Army task force volunteers tried to rescue American servicemen from the Son Tay prisoner-of-war camp 20 miles west of Hanoi. Brig Gen Leroy J. Manor commanded the operation, while Col Arthur D. Simons (Army) led the search-andrescue team. Unfortunately, the prisoners had been moved elsewhere. (2) (21)

1980: As a fire swept through the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, the 20 SOS, 302 SOS, and Det 1 of the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing flew their helicopters to rescue 310 people. The fire killed 84 people and injured another 679. (26)

1994: Air Force and NATO aircraft bombed Serb targets to retaliate for a Serbian attack on Bihac. The raid was the largest NATO operation to date. (16) (26) Project SAPPHIRE. Through 23 November, three C-5s from the 436 AW carried nuclear technicians, equipment, and 1,300 pounds of highly enriched uranium from Kazakhstan to Dover AFB to protect the nuclear material from terrorists, smugglers, and unfriendly governments. The US convoyed the material to Oak Ridge, Tenn., for conversion into commercial nuclear fuel. (16) (18)

 

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Thanks to Mike

This is a dose of reality

 

Welcome to Afghanistan in America!

 

Not a very encouraging experiment.
Yep.....they should have found a nice place for the Afghans in Martha's Vineyard.

Front Page Mag: Daniel Greenfield:

The skies over Sparta have never been as busy as when the Biden
administration decided to dispatch 13,000 Afghans, including at least
one pedophile, to Wisconsin.

Sparta, a small town of less than ten thousand souls, whose claim to
fame is being the "Bicycling Capital of America", could only watch as
a population of Afghans outnumbering its own population created a new
Afghanistan on the premises of Fort McCoy.

None of the Afghans at Fort McCoy have a Special Immigrant Visa. Biden
left the SIV visa holders behind in Afghanistan. The Afghans who have
overrun the Wisconsin base are the ones whom the Taliban, for their
own reasons, decided to allow through their checkpoints.

And they're living up to the high cultural standards of the Taliban.

The problems began with the toilets. Then there were issues with the
rice, the sexual abuse of young boys, and Afghans simply leaving on
their own despite promises of taxpayer cash.

"Afghans were confused and upset by hygiene practices," a Wall Street
Journal article described. "Every toilet on base was Western style,
with a seat and toilet paper. But a number of Afghans are accustomed
to restrooms that allow them to squat so they don't have to physically
touch the toilet. It led to some cases of Afghans relieving themselves
outside."

This shouldn't have surprised anyone after two decades in Afghanistan.
But political correctness has mostly suppressed accounts of even the
most basic facts about the beneficiaries of our great nation building
project leaving Americans confused by the behavior of the new
arrivals.

A Czech journal article from the Department of Military Hygiene noted
that Afghan "people in rural areas were found to defecate almost
everywhere according to convenience. It is important to observe that
particularly the rural population does not know or does not use toilet
paper."

More accurately, Islamic law is held by some authorities to ban the
use of toilet paper.

"You should consider very carefully shaking hands during the contact
with the local population," the journal article warned. Unfortunately
their local population is now our local population.

An account of the toilet practices of the defunct Afghan National Army
described how our soldiers were forced to "share their toilet with the
ANA, as they had been ordered to do by their commanding officers" to
win their "hearts and minds". Unfortunately "it was the custom of the
ANA to wipe themselves with their hands, smear their excrement on the
walls of the toilet, and rinse their hands in the sink, which left the
sinks reeking."

While great care is taken by Muslims to keep their clothes clean so
that they are not "impure" during prayers, bathrooms can be left in a
horrifying state because they're already unclean.

Muslim tradition teaches that toilets are possessed by demons and as a
result followers of the religion may be reluctant to make contact with
them because they have been taught that "Satan plays with the
backsides of the sons of Adam". Islamic teachings encourage squat
toilets and forbid men to urinate standing up because Mohammed "only
ever used to urinate sitting down."

At Kandahar Air Base, the toilets were segregated because, as an
officer noted, "When they use our port-a-potties, they stand on the
seats and it causes quite a mess. I think it's just a cultural thing."
There are a lot of these cultural things. Many of them far worse than
the toilets.

Although when dealing with a group where "90% of the population are
infected by a parasitic disease" and which routinely goes around with
fecal matters on its hands, it is an issue.

Democrats insist that 2-year-olds should wear masks, yet invite in a
population that doesn't understand the concepts of toilets, toilet
paper, or disease transmission.

But the toilets were the least of the problems at Fort McCoy.

The Afghans, who had supposedly just been saved from death, didn't
like American food.

American rice was "swapped for basmati rice. New spices, hummus and
dates were added to the chow hall's menu" which was entirely Halal.
Basmati rice is one of the most expensive varieties of rice available,
but nothing was too good for the endlessly complaining arrivals.

While the Afghans were complaining to reporters about "hard rice",
personnel at Fort McCoy were complaining about "multiple cases of
minor females who presented as 'married' to adult Afghan men, as well
as polygamous families." This wasn't too surprising since the child
marriage in Afghanistan stands at 57%. Like the toilets, it's a
"cultural thing".

While no action was taken on those cases, Bahrullah Noori, an Afghan
refugee, was arrested for trying to undress a 14-year-old boy and
behaving inappropriately with a 12-year-old boy.

Mohammad Haroon Imaad was also arrested after his wife accused him of
choking her. He had also allegedly threatened to "send her back to
Afghanistan where the Taliban could deal with her" and also told her
"that nine women have been killed since getting to Fort McCoy and that
she would be the tenth." An estimated 87% of Afghani women face
domestic violence.

Like the toilets and the child rape, choking women is just another
Afghan cultural thing.

General Glen VanHerck however visited Fort McCoy and assured reporters
that the enlightened Afghans were much more law-abiding than the
racist Americans.

I've done some research and how that compares to populations across
the United States," VanHerck declared. "For example, in six weeks in
Operation Allies Welcome, in a population of 53,000, there have been
eight reported cases of robbery and theft."

VanHerck neglected to Google the statistics for assaulting children
and women. Or to note that this isn't a measure of Afghans having
lower crime rates than Americans, but a much lower willingness to
report crimes to infidels who don't resolve problems with the use of
Islamic law.

"And how long are the Afghans going to be on U.S. military bases?" the
FOX News correspondent asked.

"We're prepared to be here as long as we need to conduct this
mission," VanHerck replied. "We'll be ready if we need to support
through the winter months and into the spring."

If only there had been the same sort of commitment to getting
Americans out of Afghanistan.

Forget the 'Forever War' and get ready for the 'Forever Refugees'.

VanHerck claimed that the Afghans at Fort McCoy "are appreciative of
our support and eager to begin their lives in America."

They're so eager that they're just leaving.

Some 700 Afghans have left bases like McCoy despite promises of free
taxpayer cash if they just stay and wait to be resettled. The
deserting Afghans are upsetting the Biden administration, not because
it's concerned about potential terror threats from the refugees, but
because it makes it harder for its refugee resettlement allies to cash
in on every single Afghan. And it interferes with their plot to alter
demographics in red states by resettling Afghans in the South.

Meanwhile Fort McCoy is near capacity. American soldiers are back to
patrolling Afghan streets and trying to win their hearts and minds by
asking them to use toilets and not to abuse their women and children.
But the scenes of American soldiers trying to keep the peace among
Afghans and communicate American values to them are no longer taking
place in Kandahar, but in Wisconsin, and in other states with the
misfortune of housing Afghans.

It's almost as if we never actually withdrew from Afghanistan.

Americans are funding three Halal meals a day for tens of thousands of
Afghans, our bases are full of mosques, our soldiers are trying to
keep Afghans from killing and abusing each other, and we are on the
hook for every dollar in welfare spending lavished on the Afghans
while Americans struggle. As the Afghans leave Fort McCoy, the
occupation of America will begin.

Biden didn't withdraw from Afghanistan. He brought Afghanistan to America.