I think they're overpromoting him. The Royal Welsh's |goat| was once.busted from lance corporal to fusilier. The USMC's bulldogs don't get high rank either, but they do keep |naming them after Smedley Butler|, despite Butler's writing "War Is A Racket". Trivia question: what's the connection between Smedley Butler and Warren Zevon?
Okay. Fine
Battle of Veracruz…………Woodrow Wilson/U.S. – Mexico Fuckery.
………..Five additional U.S. battleships and two cruisers had reached Veracruz during the hours of darkness and they carried with them Major Smedley Butler and his Marine Battalion……….
Warren Zevon's album Excitable Boy features a track called "Veracruz" named after this event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occup…
Yep. Ever since I bought the album, I'd vaguely wondered what the hell that track was about. Only a couple of years ago did I think, well, there's google and wikipee now, I should really be bothered to find out. Now I vaguely wonder what it meant to Zevon.
An immigrant, no less! From (waaaaay) south of the border!
And I hear new rank comes with an extra helping of herring. Time for C_R_Eature to enlist?
This is among the reasons Foreign Policy ranks Norway last on its Failed States Index.
|Time for the poignant song of heartbreak from Lonnie Johnson: Nuthin Clickin Chicken|
I think they're overpromoting him. The Royal Welsh's |goat| was once.busted from lance corporal to fusilier. The USMC's bulldogs don't get high rank either, but they do keep |naming them after Smedley Butler|, despite Butler's writing "War Is A Racket". Trivia question: what's the connection between Smedley Butler and Warren Zevon?
Um…umm…
Got nuthin.
They're both a cross between a raven and a writing desk?
I once new a lass from Malaysia, who authored a tome on crusteacea…Her dad was from Prussia, or maybe from Russia? Her great aunt could be Anastasia.
Okay. Fine
Battle of Veracruz…………Woodrow Wilson/U.S. – Mexico Fuckery.
………..Five additional U.S. battleships and two cruisers had reached Veracruz during the hours of darkness and they carried with them Major Smedley Butler and his Marine Battalion……….
Warren Zevon's album Excitable Boy features a track called "Veracruz" named after this event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occup…
Yep. Ever since I bought the album, I'd vaguely wondered what the hell that track was about. Only a couple of years ago did I think, well, there's google and wikipee now, I should really be bothered to find out. Now I vaguely wonder what it meant to Zevon.
I still like Sparky:
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He might find himself in quite a pickle.