This time, America is bringing its punishing cruelty to the border guards of Tajikistan, as described by this CENTCOM press release:
The U.S. recently began a $3 million airlift of winter supplies and equipment to assist border guards in Tajikistan. Deliveries of food, winter clothing, medical supplies, tents and other needed supplies began arriving in Tajikistan on January 2 and will continue over the next several days.
The first supplies flown in by U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from Afghanistan, consisted of 100,000 ready-to-eat meals for the border guards. [emphasis added]
As anyone who’s eaten one knows, MRE’s are unparalleled in their effectiveness as a means of inflicting inhuman misery
Please contact your elected officials today and demand that America put an immediate halt to it’s terror campaign against the innocent citizens of Tajikistan.
Or check the CENTCOM website for more press releases and learn the AWFUL TRUTH about the consequences of America’s unlawful unilateral invasion.
“As anyone who’s eaten one knows, MRE’s are unparalleled in their effectiveness as a means of inflicting inhuman misery”
…ever since K-rations were outlawed by the Third UN Conference on Torture, Abuse, and Lunch (“The Zagat Conference”).
It’s not so much that the MREs are torture. It’s more the effect of the MRE. Major intestinal blockage. Ooooh.
My arse hurts just thinking about it…
I’ve never had a MRE, but I heard not good things about them from the people who didn’t evacuate for Rita… although they did say that some of them were actually pretty good.
While it’s good for a laugh, I’ve always thought that MREs were a pretty damn good field ration. Personally, I don’t very much like pooping in the field, so blockage followed by rabbit pellets ain’t the worst thing in the world (sure beats the runs that are as sure to follow a lamb-kabob meal as night follows day). We’ve come a long way from the dehydrated pork patties of 1982 (the year they came out and the year I first dined on them, in boot camp) with, even the most anti-MRE person has to admit, some pretty good variety and choices. Some better than others, sure.
Okay, I’m sure that MREs can fend for themselves, so I’ll leave their defense to them now.
Well, you do know what MRE stands for, right?
Meals Rejected by Ethinopians.
Hey!!! I LIKE MRE’s!!! Wasn’t too crazy about them when they first appeared, but they beat the hell outta what we had before…
The candy bars in MRE’s are pretty bad.
I remember when MRE’s first came out. My first thought was, “What? Now I have to carry extra water so I can eat dehydrated food?” followed fairly closely by “what about canned peaches? there’ll still be canned peaches?!? wont there still be canned peaches?”
I guess MRE’s do beat starving, kinda.
I served from 84-88 and ait nothing but MREs for extended periods.
Then I got a job as a govt contractor about 5 years ago, and had an assignment at Ft Benning for a few days. They brought lunch out to the range we were working – MREs.
These were TOTALLY different than the ones we ate in the 80’s. These had a LOT more food in them, and even a chemical heater to warm it up (never had THAT before).
Taste was about the same. Not great, but better than starving.
I love the Mil-Spec brand MRE’s.
They kick ass on Cross-country car trips. While all the other wankers are eating stale tinkies and PB&J, I’m eating rice and beans or beef stew.
I’m all for MRE’s and all you hater’s can take off… Hosers.
If you can get the little bottle of tabasco sauce it’s pretty cool. stay away from anything with the word omellette on it.
Depending upon which one you get they’re pretty good.
You’ve got to be creative with Mr. E’s. If you’ve got the chocolate dairyshake, you need some peanut butter. The chili is better with cheese. The tabasco sauce pours right into that little hole on the bottom of a smoke grenade.
Major intestinal blockage.
There are only two ways to poop in the woods: when it’s freezing cold, or when there are snakes around.
The jalapeno cheese spread is awsome! Fist-fights break out when it’s stolen.
And the brownies, everyone loves the brownies in an MRE!!!! When the Jan 97 flood hit Sacremento and all the refuges came to Beale AFB, the kids were all begging for the MRE’s with the brownies! We nearly had a stampede.
MREs changed after the Gulf War (I think). The old ones in the dark brown/greenish bags supposedly sucked, the new ones come in tan bags and they’re tasty. Constipation is still an issue, but who wants to poop when they’re stuck in the desert or getting shot at? I had one in survival training and then hit the trail, only getting about 400 calories a day. By the time I had my first BM 8 days later I swear to you I pooped a darkmatter softball. The ground shook when it landed. Of the MREs I’ve tried Chili Mac and Beef Stew are two of the best, but the king of them all is the Jamaican Pork Chop.