Nothing strange here

[Robert Norton]

Sounds just like my unit in Nam. I gather you've never done a hitch in the
military.

richardromeo at hotmail.com wrote:
>
>Happened to come across a fascinating documentary about Chechnya on one of

>those weird free channels (me no cable) like Channel 77--actually WNYE-TV.

>Anyway, the doc followed the travails of avg. soldiers, most of whom are 
>drunks, trying to get away from family or criminal charges, etc. fighting,

>horsing around, killing dogs, firing mortars at each other, drunk and
bored, 
>complaining, caring for wounded, shooting up a street so the news people 
>would have footage for the folks at home, etc. The word absurd was used
many 
>times. An intersting look at the modern wars being fought nowadays.