The Bidding War 10-14-09 - revised 10-15-09 mpg UK media: McChrystal will get his troop surge [45,000] McChrystal Wanted 50,000 Troops Forty Thousand Troops? How About Sixty Thousand? General seeking 80,000 more in Afghanistan A quote...."WASHINGTON - The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampant government corruption there may prevent victory against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials briefed on his conclusions. =============================================================================== Who'll bid a hundred thousand, com'on folks just think of the profits your defense companies will reap with all this fresh cannon fodder primed for the slaughter, all this fresh meat. How about you sir, yes, you over there from the Military Industrial Complex? I'm talking to the gentleman in the second row there in the kaki uniform. Yes, I’m not clear on what that was sir, was that a yes? Are you sure? Thank you sir. How about a hundred and twenty thousand, how about you sirs from the oil sector, yes, all you gentlmen over there in the third row, how about it? Keep in mind this is the best pipeline corridor around and the territory is conveniently situated to threaten not only Iran, but China and Russia as well, not to mention the fact it’s just a stone’s throw away from the oil and gas saturated Caspian basin. Well, what do you say sirs, can you afford the tiny sacrifice of a hundred and twenty thousand to gain control of the Caspian Basin? Just think of them as sheep sirs. THANK YOU sirs. That’s how it’s done folks, step right up to the front of the podium and place the meat on the table, put your pounds of flesh on the scales of war. How about you sir, yes you standing over in the back there. To the English gentleman in the bowler hat, yes sir, the bids one hundred and forty thousand to bring back the glorious days of the British Empire. Come now sir a measly hundred and forty thousand bio-weapons components, most of them from your former colonies, to reclaim what was once yours sir. A bargain at any price. You were thrown out of that territory once sir and this could be your one and only chance to undue that humiliation, to redeem yourself, an opportunity to bring back the good old days of British colonialism not just to this territory, but to the entire Middle East, even if it's vicariously. Is that a yes? Are you nodding sir? THANK YOU sir. To the young man seated there in the front row, the bids now to you my young Israeli friend. It's a steal at two hundred thousand, yet you can be the one to gain control of this territory and use it to possibly help destroy the last country in the Middle East that stands against the ultimate creation of "Greater Israel", all for just a measly hundred and sixty thousand, com’on sir take a chance, they're not even your own people after all, just a hundred and sixty thousand dirty, stupid, goyom to be sacrificed for your nation's dream of conquest and all we’ll need here at Murder Inc. to accomplish the task is a simple nod from you young sir, one simple little nod....do we have it? Do we?! THANK YOU sir, you won’t regret it... Anyone else? Anyone out there willing to pay what fortune demands? Ladies and gentlemen lets be realistic here, the bid now stands at a hundred and sixty thousand which is woefully short of what any of you will need to play in the "Great Game". How about two hundred thousand. Do we hear two hundred thousand....just two hundred thousand for a chance to play in the Greatest of Games folks, who’ll bid that small amount for the chance to expand one of the world's Empires, to gain control of one of the world's most valuable resources, com'on folks, this is the chance of the century, don't let it pass you by, step right up and bid, don't hold back, lives are the cheapest of all commodities ladies and gentlemen and times a wasting.....mpg |