15.7.06

When War Is Fun

This is an excellent time for news lovers . It's exciting because of several crisis happening in the world right now. There is the Israel-Hamas fight , then followed by the Israel-Hezzbolah war . These are coming right after the India bombing and N.Korea missile launcing .Oh , don't forget the ongoing Iraq drama and Iran nuke problem. What a mess ! Actually , these sporadic ' wars ' can be fun if not for people dying. I remember the first Gulf War was some experience for me and most wokers in our company. I was working as a Manager for a plant in Saudi Arabia. That's the time that Saddam sent several scud missiles to Riyadh. Initially , we were afraid 'cos there's been talk about Saddam fitting these scuds with deadly chemicals. So in the first few scud attacks , we donned our masks and sought shelter when the siren sounded. After a few of these attacks , we found out that the scuds were ' harmless '. These scuds were not fitted with chemical weapons. From then on , every siren was greeted by our people not by fear but by cheer. We would raced to the rooftop of our building and watched the US Patriot missiles intercepting Iraq's scud missiles in mid air . It's like watching the New Year's fireworks show.
What a sight !





5 comments:

yellowdoggranny said...

wow, i remember sitting around the tv and watching the scuds being sent out...and landing..also watched shock and awe....that's as close as i want to get..but have a feeling they will be getting closer to home...dont have a good feeling about the next couple of weeks and months..what the fuck has forest gump gotten us into..???

coach said...

That must be some experience. My uncle told me that there is still the danger og broken scud parts falling from the sky .

Andrew said...

It's nice to be so blasé in the face of danger, turns out maybe nine of them were actually 'live'.

yellowdoggranny said...

re:ycmb...dont know where waldo or carman san diago is..but they didnt make the cover of sgt.pepper's lonely hearts club band...

Lee Ann said...

That is truly unbelievable!
I am amazed at the strength you and our other soldiers have had.