Sheeeeeeyat, how much fun was Gulf War news footage? Delivered to be sure, from one of the sides at war, but at least the US made it entertaining. Apparently seeing human casualties of war in Vietnam footage changed too many opinions about that war, and so Gulf-viewers got missile-cam. And thanks to www.americasarmy.com, today we’ve got a computer game to play.
www.americasarmy.com
Why bother with one of the huge range of Osama Bin Laden game-clones available at google, when you could be shooting terrorists in a computer game made by the US army themselves??!! Players can undergo basic training and fight in 10 multiplayer missions, including one to defend an Alaskan pipeline. Now available for download, and soon to be packaged with popular game magazines and in Army recruitment centres, ‘America’s Army’ not only let’s you hunt terrorists but also doubles as a recruitment tool.
“With this game we hope to educate young Americans and present them with a realistic, engaging view of today’s modern Army and its opportunities,” said Lt. Col. Casey Wardynski. Stay tuned – On 25 July, they’ll release the first of many updates, U.S. Army Sniper School.
Rambo Vs Osama
Post S11, the Pentagon tracked down several Hollywood screenwriters including Steve de Souza ( Die Hard ), to discuss ‘left-field, off-the-wall ideas’ about America’s war. The man they should’ve been speaking to, Sylvester Stallone, is reportedly working on a script for Rambo IV which sees him kicking some Taliban Butt (TB).
Arnie For President
While Ronald Reagan may have seen merit in the Rambo movies, like Sylvester, he was an actor. Politics these days needs more muscle, such as beefy ex-wrestler Jesse Ventura, a currently elected US Governor. Ain’t no finer branded beef than Mr. Schwarzenegger though, and rumours persist that he is preppin his way to the White House. Watch this space.
The War On Terrorism
” If they do it it’s terrorism, if we do it, it’s fighting for freedom,” said a U.S. Ambassador in Central America in the 1980s, when asked to explain how U.S. actions such as the mining of Nicaragua’s harbors and bombing of airports, differed from the acts of terrorism that the U.S. condemned around the world.
Since World War II, the United States has dropped bombs on 23 countries. These include: Korea 1950-53, China 1950-53, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959- 60, Congo 1964, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Grenada 1983, Lebanon 1984, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1980s, Nicaragua 1980s, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991-1999, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998, and Yugoslavia 1999, including Civilian targets during the Gulf war, Vietnam, Panama, Philippines, Korea, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 100,000 Iraqis died in the Gulf War and the suffering continues. 6,000 Iraqi children die every month from hunger and disease – the same number as died in the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon.